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Noun: shammer  sha-mu(r)
  1. Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
    "The sergeant suspected the soldier was a shammer";
    - malingerer, skulker
     
  2. A person who makes deceitful pretences
    "The shammer claimed to be a long-lost relative to gain access to the family fortune";
    - imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, pseudo, pseud [informal]

Derived forms: shammers

Type of: deceiver, shirker, slacker [US, informal], slicker [informal], trickster

Encyclopedia: Shammer