diddler

A cheat. [Colloq.]

Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled «Raising the wind.» The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.

noun

A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer. Informal chiseler, crook, flimflammer. Slang gyp, gypper. See honest/dishonest.