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Definition of Humbugged
1. humbug [v] - See also: humbug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humbugged
Literary usage of Humbugged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fragments, in Prose and Verse by Elizabeth Smith, Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1810)
"I fancy we have been humbugged. I have seen the sun as flat as a trencher, but
not a hit of Mercury. Do tell me, if it ought to he seen to-day; ..."
2. Sunlight and shadow; or, Gleanings from my life-work by John Bartholomew Gough (1881)
"... The Connoisseurs of Liquors — Wine-Drinkers humbugged — The Secret of Success
in the Manufacture of Liquors — Ingredients — How " Imported Cognac Brandy ..."
3. Middle Temple Table Talk: With Some Talk about the Table Itself by William George Thorpe (1895)
"... Ministers and their shadows—The Countess' return visit— Tischendorf and the
Codex Sinaiticus—How he humbugged the Cardinal over the Vatican MS.—. ..."
4. Raising the Veil by Ball Fenner (1856)
"Courts in the city of Philadelphia—Corruption among the New York Officials—The
citizens of Boston easily humbugged—Coroners and Coroners' Juries—The Country ..."
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