shlenter

English

Alternative forms

• schlenter
• slenter

Etymology

Afrikaans slenter (“ploy, scam, stroll, saunter”)

Noun

shlenter (plural shlenters)

1. a fake, especially a fake diamond
2. a scam, ploy, fraud, trick
   • I did a shlenter. I went up to the girl while she was opening the gate and asked her to leave it open. — Peter Taylor, South African Trips: Trip to Appelboskraal via Stadsaal, 2010
3. a scammer

Verb

shlenter (third-person singular simple present shlenters, present participle shlentering, simple past and past participle shlentered)

1. to get by an underhanded way
2. to scam, fool, deceive, trick
   • i (sic) think they actually shlentered me though to be honest as i (sic) was under the impression ... — forum, 2010

Adjective

shlenter (comparative more shlenter, superlative most shlenter)

1. fake, not genuine, counterfeit
   • There was a good deal of talk on the about about certain racing men last evening publicly takign "shlenter" wages … — North Otago Times, NZ, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2713, Page 2, Dunedin Races. Third Day., 28 February 1881
   • "Of course," whispers the seller, who had pushed his way to the side of the buyer, "this sale was only shlenter." — Anna Dunphy Bremont, The Gentleman Digger, 1899

Anagrams

• Lehnerts