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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. slang A lowly, disreputable cheat or fraudster, especially at cards, especially a dull or unimaginative one.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a person who tries to bluff other people

Etymologies

  1. from the practice of attempting to pass off four cards of the same suit, and a fifth of perhaps the same color, as a flush in poker (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Marshall meanwhile described Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the U.S. supreme commander in the southwest Pacific, as "never any good, always a four-flusher.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Still Forgotten

  • “Maybe you don't know how the creek turned out to be a four-flusher; but the prospects were good at the time, and Dave proceeded to build his cabin and hers.”

    Flush of Gold

  • “Oh brother/sister, what about Dallas as ground zero to every type of evangelical four-flusher, evangelical tele-crook or the Copelands with matching his-n-her jets?”

    `Cecil Sherman was no moderate' | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com

  • “Hillary, being a self-described foreign policy expert, expert economist, dynamic leader, and skilled four-flusher, would probably be chatting on the phone at 3am her first day complaining about the international glass ceiling.”

    The Early Word: Hamilton Tilts Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

  • “In any case, he is not a four-flusher and hustler like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who also ran for president.”

    Hullabaloo

  • “Willard half rose and in his distinctive guttural voice yelled, Go on wid the show, you faker, you four-flusher.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Secret Life of Houdini

  • “It is clear to everyone that in de Gaulle the United States is dealing with an ungrateful four-flusher whose hand should have been called years ago," Gordon McLendon of Dallas said on his eight radio stations.”

    1968 the Year that Rocked the World

  • “Half of a four-flusher—I think I know where they put it.”

    Simon & Schuster: Silver Wings, Santiago Blue

  • “The fancy-colored, freakish paper is nearly always used by the four-flusher in business.”

    Dollars and Sense

  • “If an employe is a sluggard or a four-flusher, he may be sure these things will be found out and he cannot hope for advancement.”

    Dollars and Sense

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