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flim

British  
/ flɪm /

noun

  1. dialect a five-pound note

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Assuming the oil industry has indeed been practicing that kind of flim flam—and so far Schneiderman’s investigation is only an investigation—it’s not only unethical but possibly illegal.

From Time • Apr. 26, 2016

Photograph: Nick Potts/PA Archive/Press Association Ima Imagine, dear tattle connoisseurs, the Mill's guttural grunt of glee when commencing upon this morning's festival of flim flam.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2013

Eventually running out of steam and gags, even in its brief running time, the flim reveals Hazanavicius’ smarty-pants impulse for Hollywoodophilia.

From Time • Feb. 17, 2012

The single sheet of paper features a rough draft of the lyrics, including crossings out and a spelling error where "film" is written as "flim".

From Reuters • Jun. 18, 2010

One trick more yet; Hey, come aloft; sa, sa, flim, flum, taradumbis?

From Beggars Bush From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis