four-flusher

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four-flush

(fôr′flŭsh′)

intr.v. four-flushed, four-flush·ing, four-flush·es

1. Games To bluff in poker with a four flush.

2. Slang To make empty claims; bluff.

four′-flush′er n.

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four-flusher

(ˈfɔːˌflʌʃə)

slang US and Canadian a person who bluffs or attempts to deceive

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four-flusher - a person who tries to bluff other people

bluffer

beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

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They're four-flushers, if you know what that means.

I don't exactly hate them myself, but I haven't any regard for chicken-hearted four-flushers."

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Four-flusher. He didn't win the title, he just happened to be white & in the right place like somebody striking oil.