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You are a regular old trump," said the Yorkshireman, after listening attentively until Mr. Jorrocks had exhausted himself, "but, you see, you've never been at Newmarket, and the people have been hoaxing you about it.

From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Surtees, Robert Smith

The man might have been mad, or have been hoaxing him, or exaggerating, he kept thinking to himself.

From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.