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magsman

British  
/ ˈmæɡzˌmæn /

noun

  1. a raconteur

  2. a confidence trickster

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"As true as that you are the greatest magsman on the earth, he told me so."

From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Sue, Eugène

He spoke in the dialect of the pick-purse and magsman.

From Half A Chance by Isham, Frederic Stewart

He knows every rook and welsher and every swell magsman, and all their haunts and habits.

From Half A Chance by Isham, Frederic Stewart

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