shammer

sham  (shm)

n.

1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation.

2. The quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense.

3. One who assumes a false character; an impostor: "He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!" (Joseph Conrad).

4. A decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it: a pillow sham.

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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shammer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shammer - someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity malingerer, skulker shirker, 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 pretenses faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, pretender, fraud, fake beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

Translations

shammer

n → Schwindler(in) m(f), → Heuchler(in) m(f); (of illness) → Simulant(in) m(f)