flam

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FLAM, noun A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. Lies immortalized and consigned over as a perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. FLAM, verb transitive To deceive with falsehood; to delude.
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