flashman

1. A slick salesman or spin doctor.

2. (obsolete)A pimp.

3. (obsolete)A woman's boyfriend.

   c. 1833, Broadside Ballad, "My flashman has gone to sea". My flashman he's a Yankee, with his hair cut short behind

4. (obsolete)Someone who distracts the target of a thief; a confidence trickster.

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