Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who uses a chisel for carving.

    Ziseleur

  2. (informal)A cheat; a swindler; a con artist.

  3. (Ireland, informal)A child.

More definitions
  • a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Translations

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By meaning 1
person who carves using a chisel:

Origin

From chisel + -er.

From chisel + -er.

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Forms

plural: chiselers

Synonyms

8 synonyms
informal: con artist:sharper
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedchisel

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chiseler — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto