shammer

[sham-er]

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noun

a person who shams.

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Origin of shammer

First recorded in 1670–80; sham + -er¹

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Related Words for shammer

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

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Historical Examples of shammer

A sham trade, like hundreds of other sham trades; and the shammer and the shamefuller, because women demean themselves to it.
The Other Girls
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney