bondfångare

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • confidence trickster, someone who exploits someones fatuity or credulity
  • a type of Chinese finger trap made of woven birchbark

Etymology

Compound from Swedish bonde (farmer) + Swedish fångare (catcher).

Origin

Swedish

fångare

Gloss

catcher

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