four-flusher

noun

noun

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.

Canada, US, Slang A lowly, disreputable cheat or fraudster, especially at cards, especially a dull or unimaginative one.

That four-flusher shoot himself? Not a chance.1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, New York: Knopf, →OL:

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