frammis

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of gizmo. US,slang
    — Right now all his spare time is spent at Moseleys, roller skating for hours on end. "Foozle the frammis snaffle," says Bob, "or don't you like it?"
  2. A confidence trick; a swindle. US,slang
    — And what they added up to was curtains - for him. He'd really stepped into something this time: a Grade-A jam, an honest-to-Hannah, double-distilled frammis.

词形变化

frammises plural

词源

Unknown. Originated in the US in the 1930s; perhaps merely a nonsense word.
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