| Driving in Colombo's permanent rush-hour is a free-for-all in which the most daring chancer wins. |
| Not that I'm suggesting Simon is a smooth-talking chancer who persuades needy middle-aged women to part with their cash. |
| This is the oldest trick in the book, the ruse to use when all else fails, the last resort of the poor, the desperate, the ticketless and, of course, the professional chancer. |
| The big stores need to see evidence that you're in it for the long haul and not just some chancer who will last for a couple of seasons. |
| And Andrew Lincoln, a springy chancer in shorts, dispenses a new item of dodgy wisdom with each of his physical jerks. |
| He is a proven liar, a cheat and a chancer, a man so arrogant that he thought he was above the law. |
