ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Shlenter

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Shlenter is a noun meaning A fake, especially a fake diamond.

Meaning

A fake, especially a fake diamond.

More Meanings

  1. A scam, ploy, fraud, trick.
  2. A scammer.
  3. Fake, not genuine, counterfeit.
  4. (rare, transitive) To acquire in an underhanded way.
  5. (rare, transitive) To scam, fool, deceive, trick.

Example Sentences

I did a shlenter. I went up to the girl while she was opening the gate and asked her to leave it open.
"Of course," whispers the seller, who had pushed his way to the side of the buyer, "this sale was only shlenter."
There was a good deal of talk on the about about certain racing men last evening publicly taking "shlenter" wages …
In the time I spend at Rhodes I will encounter many brilliant minds and come to understand principles, strategies and tactics, caucusing, shlentering, back-stabbing, manipulation, campaigning, alliances – and I will also witness the depths of human determination and depravity, and the utter Shakespearean nature of it all.

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Related dictionary entries include shammer, jargoon, shillaber, shuck, shill, tweedle.

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