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con man

or con·man

[ kon man ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Slang.

con man

informal.
a person who swindles another by means of a confidence trick More formal termconfidence man

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"You're going to get your sly little con-man brain to working, I think," he said softly.

Some shadow of the sly, elfin grin crept over the little con-man's face.

Meyerhoff wiped the perspiration from his forehead, and shot the little con-man a stony glance.

The little con-man's jaw sagged lower and lower, the color draining from his face.

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