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Definition of Humbugging
1. humbug [v] - See also: humbug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humbugging
Literary usage of Humbugging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"EPILOGUE ON humbugging. ... in repute or possession, humbugging is held the most
ancient profession. Twixt nations, and parties, and state politicians, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... the secrets of the universe were imparted to us in confidence; hoaxing, and
humbugging, and trotting, stood displayed in their native colours; ..."
3. The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions by Phineas Taylor Barnum (1866)
"CHAPTER XXXVI. MAGICAL HUMBUGS.— VIRGIL. A PICKLED SORCERER. CORNELIUS AGRIPPA.
HIS STUDENTS AND HIS BLACK DOG. DOCTOR FAUSTUS. humbugging HORSE- JOCKEYS. ..."
4. Free Silver and the People: A Campaign Hand-book for the Struggling Millions by Charles McClellan Stevens (1896)
"However grateful the people may be for a glass of water in famine, they remember
the cause of the distress abroad in the land. i, WALL STREET humbugging THE ..."
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