hypocrite; sophist, Pharisee, Jesuit, Mawworm†, Pecksniff, Joseph
Surface, Tartufe†, Janus; serpent, snake in the grass, cockatrice,
Judas, wolf in sheep's clothing; jilt; shuffler†, stool pigeon.
liar &c (lie) &c 544; story-teller, perjurer, false witness,
menteur a triple etage [Fr.], Scapin†; bunko steerer [U.S.],
carpetbagger [U.S.], capper [U.S.], faker, fraud, four flusher [Slang],
horse coper†, ringer [Slang], spieler†, straw bidder [U.S.].
imposter, pretender, soi-disant [Fr.], humbug; adventurer;
Cagliostro, Fernam Mendez Pinto; ass in lion's skin &c (bungler) 701;
actor &c (stage player) 599.
quack, charlatan, mountebank, saltimbanco†, saltimbanque†, empiric,
quacksalver, medicaster†, Rosicrucian, gypsy; man of straw.
conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey; crimp,
decoy, decoy duck; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler &c (thief) 792;
jobber.
Phr. saint abroad and a devil at home [Bunyan].