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Humbug
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
(2):
(n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
(3):
(n.) One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
(4):
(v. t.) To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Humbug'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/humbug.html. 1828.