Bluff
Bluff verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: I bluffed the interviewer into believing that I could really speak French and thus would be the perfect person to serve in the newspaper's Paris bureau
Kid is a synonym for bluff in con topic. In some cases you can use "Kid" instead a verb "Bluff". informal substitute
Kid
Kid verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.
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Both words in one sentence
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He knows full well what he's doing and smugly tells officers upon interrogation he's off the hook since he's 'just a kid' (though Detective Ybarra is perfectly willing to call his bluff on that).
Source: Film / Changeling -
Foreshadowing: Several of Rucks' remarks at Prosper Bluff and his line at the Rippling Walls when the first Gasfella shows up foreshadow the reveal that his narration all along was him telling the story to Zia while the Kid is off fighting the final battle.
Source: Video Game / Bastion -
Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time has the Cotton Mouth Bluff world, complete with coyote/jackalope/steer guards, a huge train moving through the world, a Small Name, Big Ego armadillo sheriff, sarsparilla bars, and the guncane-toting "Tennessee Kid" Cooper.
Source: The Wild West
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