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Flim-___ (scam)
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flam
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flam \Flam\ (fl[a^]m), n. [Cf. AS. fle['a]m , fl[=ae]m , flight. [root]84 . Cf. Flimflam .] A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.] A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. --South.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Flam or FLAM may refer to: Flåm , a town in Norway African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM), a paramilitary organization Flam (surname) , a list of people with the surname Flam, a type of drum rudiment
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "sham story, fabrication," also as a verb, "to deceive by flattery;" see flim-flam .
Usage examples of flam.
Karl says, tossing the tablet onto the desk where it caroms off a stack of books, "spare me the flim flam nobility, the shtick about the tireless search for truth.
Paul's Churchyard, where she bought a pair of gloves, which she gave me, and thence renewed her directions to the coachman to drive to her house in *** street, who accord-ingly landed us at her door, after I had been cheer'd up and entertain'd by the way with the most plausible flams, without one syllable from which I could conclude anything but that I was, by the greatest good luck, fallen into the hands of the kindest mistress, not to say friend, that the varsal world could afford.