frammis noun2 •(US, slang) A confidence trick; a swindle.And what they added up to was curtains - for him. He'd really stepped into something this time: a Grade-A jam, an honest-to-Hannah, double-distilled frammis. — 1957 •(US, slang) Synonym of gizmo.Right now all his spare time is spent at Moseleys, roller skating for hours on end. "Foozle the frammis snaffle," says Bob, "or don't you like it?" — 1938 formsframmises