English Explanatory Dictionary

four-flusher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

En-au-four-flusher.ogg

Word forms

four-flusher four-flushers fourflusher

Etymology

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.

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