humbug
noun
something intended to delude or deceive.
had humbugged
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past perfectof humbug.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And the arch-deceiver who had humbugged them, they knew quite well, was Time.
From The Extra Day by Blackwood, Algernon
Yet, for the life of him, he could not help glancing back once over his shoulder, to see the creature which he had humbugged, luring it from its forest shelter, and which now pursued him.
From Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods by Hornibrook, Isabel
In after years the inhabitants were fond of relating how they had humbugged themselves.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
I had humbugged myself into thinking I was on my way back to Australia.
From Tiny Luttrell by Hornung, Ernest William
Yet the one more pipe which he had humbugged conscience into allowing would prove the necessary sedative, was smoked out; nor was there any further excuse for delaying bed.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
