gold-dropper
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Meaning · English
A con artist who operates a classic confidence trick involving the fraudster purposely dropping a supposedly valuable gold coin (or a fake purse of money) where a passerby would find it.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “gold-dropper” mean?
A con artist who operates a classic confidence trick involving the fraudster purposely dropping a supposedly valuable gold coin (or a fake purse of money) where a passerby would find it.
Is “gold-dropper” formal or informal?
gold-dropper is generally slang.