[7][8][9][10][11] The first governor of Oklahoma, Charles N. Haskell, denounced president and political opponent Theodore Roosevelt, calling him a "four flusher".
In the 1922 Harold Lloyd silent film Dr. Jack the phrase "a four flusher" is used to describe the doctor in charge of "The Sick-Little-Well-Girl" in the city.
In the film, his "four flushing" has resulted in the loss of money needed to pay for the mortgage on the Fisher family home.
In the 1933 Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup, Groucho Marx's character Rufus T. Firefly refers to Ambassador Trentino as a "four flushing swine" [16] In the 1941 movie, Hellzapoppin' the character Pepi (played by Mischa Auer) is called a four flusher.
In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, it is used by the mafia boss Johnny in the fictional film Angels with Even Filthier Souls.