fakeloo

A made-up story; a con.

Noun

  1. A made-up story; a con.
    • A fakeloo artist, a hoopla spreader, and a lad who had his cards rolled up inside sticks of tea, found on a dead man. - 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 107:
    • All those fakeloo bummers and ink merchants, they bedazzle a girl. She's only human. - 1957, Dan Cushman, The Silver Mountain: