Etymology From Afrikaans slenter (“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”).
1
A fake, especially a fake diamond.
2
A scam, ploy, fraud, trick.
I did a shlenter. I went up to the girl while she was opening the gate and asked her to leave it open.2010, Peter Taylor, “Trip to Appelboskraal via Stadsaal”, in South African Trips:
3
A scammer.
shlenter
verb
Etymology From Afrikaans slenter (“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”).
In the time I spend at Rhodes I will encounter many brilliant minds and come to understand principles, strategies and tactics, caucusing, shlentering, back-stabbing, manipulation, campaigning, alliances – and I will also witness the depths of human determination and depravity, and the utter Shakespearean nature of it all.2016, Bridget Hilton-Barber, Student Comrade Prisoner Spy: A memoir:
shlenter
adj
Etymology From Afrikaans slenter (“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”).
1
Fake, not genuine, counterfeit.
There was a good deal of talk on the about about certain racing men last evening publicly taking "shlenter" wages …1881 February 28, “Dunedin Races. Third Day.”, in North Otago Times, NZ, volume XXVIII, number 2713, page 2:
"Of course," whispers the seller, who had pushed his way to the side of the buyer, "this sale was only shlenter."1899, Anna Dunphy Bremont, The Gentleman Digger: