Matchstick Men

[nq:1]I understand from the bits and pieces of the movie "Matchstick Men," which I watched on a plane, that a matchstick man is a con artist. What is the connection, if any, between a slender piece of wood and a "dirty rotten scoundrel "?[/nq]
I'll be interested, too. I have never heard of the expression "matchstick men" in any context. Google shows a movie about a Welsh boxer and refers to hi

I also did some research before I inquired on this forum as the last resort. I didn't find it in any slang dictionary I consulted.

Perhaps it is a special reference to something in the movie "The Matchstick Men," which I watched in an airplane, between dinner and naps. I only remember Nicholas Cage' s character confessing to his daughter that he was (approx.) "a con artist, you know, a ma

[nq:2]I understand from the bits and pieces of the movie ... slender piece of wood and a "dirty rotten scoundrel "?[/nq]
[nq:1]I'll be interested, too. I have never heard of the expression "matchstick men" in any context. Google shows a movie ... as a "matchstick man". If a con man is called a matchstick man by anyone, I haven't come across it.[/nq]
I think a matchstick man is made by taki

[nq:1]I also did some research before I inquired on this forum as the last resort. I didn't find it in ... Nicholas Cage' s character confessing to his daughter that he was (approx.) "a con artist, you know, a matchstick man."[/nq]
"Matchstick man," to me, is either a man-figure made from matchsticks or a very simple drawing one line down (the trunk of the body), four lines at angles (the arms

[nq:2]I understand from the bits and pieces of the movie ... slender piece of wood and a "dirty rotten scoundrel "?[/nq]
[nq:1]I'll be interested, too. I have never heard of the expression "matchstick men" in any context. Google shows a movie ... as a "matchstick man". If a con man is called a matchstick man by anyone, I haven't come across it.[/nq]
It's strange how associative memory work

[nq:1]"Matchstick man," to me, is either a man-figure made from matchsticks or a very simple drawing one line down ... substance" or "not a real man" or "not what he seems." I guess that could be stretched to "con artist."[/nq]
Then it could be stretched to just about anything: simple, unsophisticated, unpretentious, robot etc.
[nq:1]But I've never heard it used that way.[/nq]
Me neith

[nq:2]I understand from the bits and pieces of the movie ... slender piece of wood and a "dirty rotten scoundrel "?[/nq]
[nq:1]I'll be interested, too. I have never heard of the expression "matchstick men" in any context. Google shows a movie ... as a "matchstick man". If a con man is called a matchstick man by anyone, I haven't come across it.[/nq]
Nothing in my slang dictionaries, except

[nq:1]I understand from the bits and pieces of the movie "Matchstick Men," which I watched on a plane, that a matchstick man is a con artist. What is the connection, if any, between a slender piece of wood and a "dirty rotten scoundrel "?[/nq]
I have no idea. You could ask the author(1), he has a 'forum' on his website.

Perhaps he just made it up? Interesting that many places have rep

[nq:2]I'll be interested, too. I have never heard of the ... a matchstick man by anyone, I haven't come across it.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's strange how associative memory works. My first thoughts were of cave paintings, of Lowry, and of the 1968 song from the Status Quo. None of these seem related to con men. Pictures of Matchstick Men by Francis Rossi[/nq]
Not to forget the 70s hit from Brian and

[nq:1]Not to forget the 70s hit from Brian and Michael - 'Matchstick Men and Matchstick Cats and Dogs'.[/nq]
I had forgotten - until you brought the memory back.

**** your eyes.

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