slinter

noun

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa)A scam or deception; fast one.

   “Ah, never a mother's love they'll rob, By working a slinter — s'elp me Bob!”

   “...or he might work a slinter if you gave him half a chance .”

   “It may be able to work a slinter on the young people who will now have to carry the burden of this extra taxation.”

   “Front-line men like Gray would come to feel that some 'drafted to Stationary and Base Hopitals and Hosp. Ships... work all manner of "slinters" [tricks] to stay there for the duration' and 'should be given a chance to show their prowess at stretcher bearing and whizband doging...There is absolutely no comparison between the 2 kinds of work.'”