Dictionary entry

Flam

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Flam (flăm), n. [Cf. AS. fleám, flǣm, flight. √ 84. Cf. Flimflam.] A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.

A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South.