shammer

sham

S0314500 (shăm)n.1. a. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine: "Because she had been so readily unfaithful, her marriage was a sham" (Alice Munro).b. Deceitfulness or pretense: "She saw herself as a person surrounded by, living by, sham" (Alice Munro).c. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud: "He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!" (Joseph Conrad).2. A decorative cover for a pillow.adj. Not genuine; fake: sham diamonds; sham modesty.v. shammed, sham·ming, shams v.tr. To put on the false appearance of; feign: "shamming insanity to get his tormentors to leave him alone" (John Wain).v.intr. To assume a false appearance or character; dissemble.

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[Perhaps dialectal variant of shame.]

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sham′mer n.

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Noun	1.	shammer - someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacitymalingerer, skulkershirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
	2.	shammer - a person who makes deceitful pretensesfaker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, pretender, fraud, fakebeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truename dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friendsringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

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