flashman

== English == === Etymology === From flash +‎ -man. === Noun === flashman (plural flashmen) A slick salesman or spin doctor. (obsolete) A pimp. (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 (obsolete) Someone who distracts the target of a thief; a confidence trickster. 1912, Peter Hampson Ditchfield, The old English country squire, page 260 He shared the fate of most country bumpkins on arriving at the metropolis, and was quickly robbed by a flashman, who claimed acquaintance with him and cleared out his fob === Anagrams === Fahlmans