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Definition of Hornswoggled
1. hornswoggle [v] - See also: hornswoggle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornswoggled
Literary usage of Hornswoggled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents by George Jean Nathan (1917)
"... almost literally into French and presented in Paris as having been written by
a German playwright and were then the hornswoggled reviewers for the Paris ..."
2. The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"... readers would protest that I had, in my estimate of her, been hornswoggled by
her mere prettiness. But we — all of us — are gentlemen afraid. ..."
3. The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls by George Jean Nathan (1921)
"Lest the public decline to be hornswoggled into laying out $2.75 to see a dramatic
abortion that, once it gets a Broadway name, may be seen on the screen ..."
4. Ordered to China: Letters of Wilbur J. Chamberlin Written from China While by Wilbur J Chamberlin (1903)
"And another voice said, " Well, I'll be hornswoggled. Last time I saw you was in
Santiago, Cuba. How are you, anyway ? " The first man was Paymaster P., ..."
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