HUMBUG

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

2.
n.

A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.

3.
n.

One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. Sir J. Stephen.

4.
v.

To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.


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