flimflam man
Slick street hustler
A flimflam man is a con artist or swindler—someone who deceives others through elaborate schemes or fast talk to cheat them out of money.
The term evokes old-fashioned confidence games and traveling hustlers: The flimflam man sold worthless tonics to gullible townspeople.
It carries a slightly theatrical, almost admiring tone for the audacity of the deception.
- conmanFraud who deceives for profit
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- hustlerAggressive, unscrupulous earner
- grifterPetty fraud perpetrator
confidence game · charlatan · scam · snake oil · snake oil salesman · fraud · trickster · smooth talker · fast talker · confidence · long con · short con · scheme · slick · carnival · three card monte · pitch · bamboozle
- Crookscrook, swindler, fraudster, embezzler, con artist
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, fast talker
- swindlerscon artist, swindler, fraudster, scammer, grifter
- street consshell game, three card monte, three-card monte, thimblerig, cups and balls
- hustlershustler, hustlers, street hustler, con artist, grifter
flimflam manstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
honest broker · straight arrow · man of his word · truth-teller · truth teller
flimflam manGood Samaritan
Compassionate stranger from scripture
benefactor · philanthropist · protector · helper · advocate
flimflam, flimflammed, flimflamming, manliness, manhood, unmanly