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Meaning of flim-flam | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈflɪmflæm

Definitions

  1. Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
  2. Confidence game, con game.
  3. Table tennis.

Examples

Most reports of supernatural occurrences turn out to be flim-flam when carefully investigated.”
Those who got the joke understood that all of the city’s talk of ideas and principles was flimflam to conceal self-enrichment at the public’s expense. Those who didn’t, didn’t.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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