flimn.1
= flam n.1 3.Apparently an isolated use.
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1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 368 The rest is a sham, And all that comes after a flim and a flam!
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flimn.2
/flɪm/ slang.
A £5 note.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > English banknotes > [noun] > five-pound note
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1870 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 July 448/1 ‘What would it be worth?’ ‘A flim, Sam.’
1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom i. ii. 28 They..offer Bert..a flim for his boat.
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n.21870- put the key under the door
- put the kibosh on
- put the knowledge of
- put the last hand to
- put the lid on
- put the lug on
- put the maginnis on
- put the make on
- put the miller's eye out
- put the mock on
- put the mocker on
- put the mockers on
- put the move on
- put the move on a person
- put the moves on
- put the moves on a person
- put the mozz on
- put the mug on
- put the mug on someone
- put the muscle on
- put the nips in
- put the nips into
- put the nut in
- put the nut on
- put the pedal to the metal