bondfångare

Swedish
Man inviting people to play an illegal shell game.

Etymology

From bonde (“farmer”) +‎ fångare (“catcher”)

Noun

bondfångare n

  1. confidence trickster, someone who exploits someones fatuity or credulity
  2. a type of Chinese finger trap made of woven birchbark
    Synonym: fingerfälla (finger trap)

Declension
Declension of bondfångare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bondfångare bondfångaren bondfångare bondfångarna
Genitive bondfångares bondfångarens bondfångares bondfångarnas

Coordinate term
  • (confidence trickster): lurendrejare (“trickster, lesser fraudster”)
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