illywhacker
Meanings
noun
- A small-time confidence trickster or seller of trinkets.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Suggested by lexicographer Sidney Baker to derive from illy (variant of eeler, from pig Latin eeler-spee for spieler) + whacker. The verb form whack the illy is a back-formation from the noun.
Derived words
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