chiseler

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chiseler sing (pl.: chiselers)

  1. (mestiere) cesellatore (artigiano che lavora con il cesello)
  2. (familiare) truffatore, imbroglione, lestofante

dal verbo to chisel, "cesellare"; come termine gergale per "truffatore" risale agli anni 1920