ILLYWHACKER

Meaning of ILLYWHACKER in English

/ ˈɪliwækə(r); NAmE / noun

( AustralE , informal ) a person who tricks others into giving him or her money, etc.

SYN confidence trickster

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WORD ORIGIN

1940s: of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ILLYWHACKER — n. (Slang) con artist; small time trickster
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ILLYWHACKER — [ 'ɪlɪˌwakə ] ■ noun Austral. informal, dated a confidence trickster. Origin 1940s: of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ILLYWHACKER — n. Austral. sl. a professional trickster. [20th c.: orig. unkn.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ILLYWHACKER — n. Austral. sl. a professional trickster. [ 20th c.: orig. unkn. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ILLYWHACKER — n. Austral. sl. a professional trickster. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn.
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CAREY, PETER (PHILIP) — born May 7, 1943, Bacchus Marsh, Vic., Austl. Australian writer. He worked as an advertising copywriter and at other odd …
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CAREY, PETER — born May 7, 1943, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia in full Peter Philip Carey Australian writer known for use of the …
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CAREY, PETER PHILIP — born May 7, 1943, Bacchus Marsh, Vic., Austl. Australian writer. He worked as an advertising copywriter and at other odd …
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CAREY, PETER — born May 7, 1943, Bacchus Marsh, Vic., Austl. Australian writer. He worked as an advertising copywriter and at other odd …
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TRICKSTER — n. 25B6; noun SWINDLER, cheat, fraud, fraudster; charlatan, mountebank, quack, impostor, sham, hoaxer; rogue, villain, scoundrel; informal con man, sharp, …
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MOUNTEBANK — n. 25B6; noun SWINDLER, charlatan, confidence trickster, fraud, fraudster, impostor, trickster, hoaxer, quack; informal con man, flimflammer, sharp; N. Amer. …
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CHEAT — n. 25B6; verb customers were cheated : SWINDLE, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull; informal diddle, rip off, con, …
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CHARLATAN — n. 25B6; noun QUACK, mountebank, sham, fraud, fake, impostor, hoodwinker, hoaxer, cheat, deceiver, double-dealer, (confidence) trickster, swindler, fraudster; informal phoney, …
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