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shark-gull

noun

Etymology

From shark (“to swindle; to trick”) + gull (“dupe; mark; sucker”).

  1. derived from *wailannā✻
  2. derived from *gwuɨlann✻
  3. inherited from gulle
  4. compounded as shark-gull — “shark + gull”

Definitions

  1. A confidence trickster

    A confidence trickster; a person who preys on simpletons.

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