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flim´si|ly — flim|sy «FLIHM zee», adjective, si|er, si|est, noun, plural sies. –adj. 1. light and thin; slight; frail; without strength; easily broken: »The tissue paper she used to wrap my present was flimsy and tore off. Muslin is too flimsy to be used for … Useful english dictionary
flim|sy — «FLIHM zee», adjective, si|er, si|est, noun, plural sies. –adj. 1. light and thin; slight; frail; without strength; easily broken: »The tissue paper she used to wrap my present was flimsy and tore off. Muslin is too flimsy to be used for … Useful english dictionary
Flim — limit fishing mortality, a value above which fishing should be avoided. See also precautionary approach, Fpa, Bpa and Blim … Dictionary of ichthyology
flim — I Jamaican Slang Glossary Film; mostly camera film. Mi need fi buy flim becaa’ no flim in’ai camra. (I need to buy film because there is no film in the camera.) II South African Slang Origin: South African Indian slang mispronounced filim … English dialects glossary
Flim & the BB's — are a contemporary jazz band that formed in the late seventies and are the first jazz band to appear on compact disc. The band s name comes from the nickname of Jimmy Johnson and the initials of the other two members, Bill Berg and Billy Barber… … Wikipedia
Flim-flam — may refer to:* Another term for Confidence trick * The Flim Flam Man, a 1967 comedy * Flim Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions, a 1982 book by skeptic James Randi * Shim Sham, Flim Flam, a recording by members of the Counting Crows … Wikipedia
flim|flam — «FLIHM FLAM», noun, verb, flammed, flam|ming, adjective. Informal. –n. 1. nonsense; rubbish: »I tell thee tis all flimflam (Henry Fielding). 2. a low trick; … Useful english dictionary
flim´si|ness — flim|sy «FLIHM zee», adjective, si|er, si|est, noun, plural sies. –adj. 1. light and thin; slight; frail; without strength; easily broken: »The tissue paper she used to wrap my present was flimsy and tore off. Muslin is too flimsy to be used for … Useful english dictionary
flim-flam — also flimflam, 1530s (n.); 1650s (v.); a contemptuous echoic construction, perhaps connected to some unrecorded dial. word from Scandinavian (Cf. O.N. flim a lampoon ) … Etymology dictionary
flim-flam — n. A type of fraud or confidence game performed by two perpetrators, one of whom persuades the victim to give money to the other as part of a get rich quick scheme, whereupon both perpetrators disappear with the money. The Essential Law… … Law dictionary
