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Flam  n.  A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. (Obs.) "A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Flam" Quotes from Famous Books



... boarded the King's ship; now on the beak, Now in the waist, the deck, in every cabin, I flam'd amazement; sometime I'd divide, And burn in many places; on the topmast, The yards, and boresprit, would I flame distinctly, Then meet and join: Jove's lightning, the precursors O' th' dreadful thunder-claps, more momentary And sight-outrunning were not: the fire and ...
— The Tempest • William Shakespeare [Craig, Oxford edition]

... the Kid's suggestion, but I endorsed it in a minute," he said, passing a box of cigars. "We were prowling around the jewelry haunts, Grace and I, seeing what she could flim-flam me into buying for her, when we ran across this thing. She thought it was great. I looked it over and saw that this bronze gentleman does not hold his club the way I do, and was in favour of letting him wait for another owner. Then she suggested that it ...
— John Henry Smith - A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life • Frederick Upham Adams

... and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate: At once as far as Angels kenn he views The dismal Situation waste and wilde, 60 A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed With ever-burning Sulphur ...
— The Poetical Works of John Milton • John Milton

... luck and hard up for a V! Sure, you'll be playing a harp in beatitude (And a quare sight you will be in that attitude)— Some day, where gratitude seems but a platitude, You'll find your latitude, Barney McGee. That's no flim-flam at all, Frivol or sham at all, Just the plain—Damn it all, Have one with me! Here's one and more to you! Friends by the score to you, True to the core ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) • Various

... I did. But that was all flam." He could make nothing of this. "I was kiddin' of 'er—tellin' what wasn' true," ...
— True Tilda • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... lassen; Villeicht wils got, Und zwingt sie not, Zu handlen diser massen. 30 Nun ist oft diser gleichen[30] Geschehen auch hie vor, Dass ainer von den reichen Ain g[uo]tes spil verlor, Oft grosser flam 35 Von fnklin kam; Wer waiss, ob ichs werd rechen! Stat schon im lauf, So setz ich drauf[31]: M[uo]ss gan oder brechen. 40 Dar neben mich z[uo] trsten Mit g[uo]tem gwissen hab, Dass kainer von den ...
— An anthology of German literature • Calvin Thomas

... a kind of God, in former days; Kings worshipp'd him, and minstrels sang his praise; But when Christ's doctrine through the dark North flam'd, His, and all evil spirits' might was tam'd. He now is but a raven; yet is still Full strong enough to work on thee his will: Lost is the wretch who in his power falls— Vainly he shrieks, ...
— Romantic Ballads - translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces • George Borrow



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