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  • noun rare A female conman.

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Examples

  • Though the show previously got fawning reviews off Broadway, Ms. Scott, who played the evil octopus in "The Little Mermaid" and the dewy-eyed conwoman in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," correctly describes herself in "Everyday Rapture" as "one of Broadway's biggest, brightest semistars."

    She's So 'Enlightened' 2010

  • My country's entire cabinet was photographed paying shoeless, squatting tribute to a 35year conwoman who convinced them that she was possesed by the spirit of a fifteenth century emperor who could magically produce pure diesel from a Chinhoyi.

    Andrew Sanderson- International Spy or raving lunatic? Lauri 2009

  • As things turn out, ‘Saffron’ is a highly trained conwoman and assassin: her transformation from one persona to another makes for a fantastic twist, but also serves to highlight the difference a change of behaviour makes in our perception of the same person.

    2009 October 07 « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2009

  • As things turn out, ‘Saffron’ is a highly trained conwoman and assassin: her transformation from one persona to another makes for a fantastic twist, but also serves to highlight the difference a change of behaviour makes in our perception of the same person.

    2009 October « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2009

  • I played Lily St. Regis, the “Easy Street”–singing conwoman who wants to get rich off Annie.

    HIGH ON ARRIVAL MACKENZIE PHILLIPS 2009

  • As things turn out, ‘Saffron’ is a highly trained conwoman and assassin: her transformation from one persona to another makes for a fantastic twist, but also serves to highlight the difference a change of behaviour makes in our perception of the same person.

    Dollhouse: Season 1 « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2009

  • I played Lily St. Regis, the “Easy Street”–singing conwoman who wants to get rich off Annie.

    HIGH ON ARRIVAL MACKENZIE PHILLIPS 2009

  • I played Lily St. Regis, the “Easy Street”–singing conwoman who wants to get rich off Annie.

    HIGH ON ARRIVAL MACKENZIE PHILLIPS 2009

  • As an odd coda, the family knows who the conwoman is.

    Bank Of America Let Conwoman Steal My Dead Aunt's Identity And Rob Her Safe Deposit Box - The Consumerist 2007

  • Maeby is medium-sized and smart - too smart, a budding conwoman.

    Fat Men and Their Thin Wives in Cartoons 2005

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