four-flusher

See also: fourflusher

English

Alternative forms

• fourflusher

Etymology

From the practice of attempting to pass off four cards of the same suit, and a fifth of perhaps the same color, as a flush in poker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

four-flusher (plural four-flushers)

1. (slang, Canada, US) A lowly, disreputable cheat or fraudster, especially at cards, especially a dull or unimaginative one.
   • 1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, New York: Knopf, →OL:

     That four-flusher shoot himself? Not a chance.