flashman

Noun

 * 1) A slick salesman or spin doctor.
 * 2)  A pimp.
 * 3)  A woman's boyfriend.
 * 4) * c. 1833, Broadside Ballad, "My flashman has gone to sea".
 * My flashman he's a Yankee, with his hair cut short behind
 * 1)  Someone who distracts the target of a thief; a confidence trickster.
 * 2) * 1912, Peter Hampson Ditchfield, The old English country squire, page 260
 * He shared the fate of most country bumpkins on arriving at the metropolis, and was quickly robbed by a flashman, who claimed acquaintance with him and cleared out his fob
 * 1) * c. 1833, Broadside Ballad, "My flashman has gone to sea".
 * My flashman he's a Yankee, with his hair cut short behind
 * 1)  Someone who distracts the target of a thief; a confidence trickster.
 * 2) * 1912, Peter Hampson Ditchfield, The old English country squire, page 260
 * He shared the fate of most country bumpkins on arriving at the metropolis, and was quickly robbed by a flashman, who claimed acquaintance with him and cleared out his fob
 * 1) * 1912, Peter Hampson Ditchfield, The old English country squire, page 260
 * He shared the fate of most country bumpkins on arriving at the metropolis, and was quickly robbed by a flashman, who claimed acquaintance with him and cleared out his fob
 * He shared the fate of most country bumpkins on arriving at the metropolis, and was quickly robbed by a flashman, who claimed acquaintance with him and cleared out his fob