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shammer

[ sham-er ]
/ ˈʃæm ər /
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noun

a person who shams.

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RELATED WORDS

mountebank, faker, fake, sharp, whip, counterfeit, actor, cheat, counterfeiter, sham, humbug, phony, bum, pretender, fraud, impostor, pseudo, put-on, charlatan, shark

Nearby words

  1. shamina,
  2. shamir,
  3. shamir, yitzhak,
  4. shamisen,
  5. shammai,
  6. shammes,
  7. shammy,
  8. shamo,
  9. shamokin,
  10. shamoy

Origin of shammer

First recorded in 1670–80; sham + -er1
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Examples from the Web for shammer

  • A sham trade, like hundreds of other sham trades; and the shammer and the shamefuller, because women demean themselves to it.

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