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tricker

noun trick·er \ˈtri-kər\

Definition of TRICKER

: one that tricks : trickster

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First Known Use of TRICKER

1534

Related to TRICKER

Synonyms: bilk, bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, fakir, finagler, fraudster [chiefly British], hoaxer, scammer, scamster, shark, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), skinner, swindler, trickster

Rhymes with TRICKER

bicker, clicker, dicker, flicker, kicker, liquor, nicker, picker, pricker, sicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, ticker, vicar, whicker, wicker

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