ˈshim-sham Obs. exc. dial.
Reduplication of sham n. and a. (Cf. flim-flam.)
| 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl (1813) I. 22 To make a parcel of shim-sham ghosts and coffins, and such like blasphemies. 1798 Geraldina I. 224 We were served upon plate: none of your shim-shams,..but the real thing. 1823 Spirit Publ. Jrnls. 523 His Majesty's real birthday, and none of your George and the Dragon shim shams. |