BOGUS

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit. [Colloq. U. S.]

2.
n.

A liquor made of rum and molasses. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.


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