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Definition of illywhacker noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

illywhacker

noun
 
/ˈɪliwækə(r)/
 
/ˈɪliwækər/
(Australian English, informal)
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  1. a person who tricks others into giving him or her money, etc. synonym confidence trickster
    Word Origin1940s: of unknown origin.
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