faker

[ fey-ker ]
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noun
  1. a person who fakes.

  2. a petty swindler.

  1. a peddler or street vendor of articles of dubious value.

Origin of faker

1
First recorded in 1840–50; fake1 + -er1

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How to use faker in a sentence

  • The idea that Dylan is a faker, unless everything he wrote came out of his own imagination—word for word, note for note—is absurd.

    Is Bob Dylan a Phony? | Sean Wilentz | April 30, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • It is interesting as showing the patent medicine faker's touching confidence in the power of advertising.

    Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • You see, it doesn't work; and anybody who claims it does is a faker and a liar.

    Sense from Thought Divide | Mark Irvin Clifton
  • The same group of shillabers were constantly circulating from one faker to the other, and as constantly investing.

    Back Home | Irvin S. Cobb
  • Why, you dirty faker you, what the devil you are coming round here bluffing that you want to buy a dress for your wife for?

    Elkan Lubliner, American | Montague Glass
  • I am one of a throng surrounding a smooth-handed faker who is selling prize boxes of soap and giving away dollars.