humbug
noun
something intended to delude or deceive.
humbugged
Example Sentences
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“Because,” he added, “Although I ain’t been in the city long, I ain’t to be humbugged; it won’t do for you to try to put off your confounded mock turtles on me!”
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2018
P. T. Barnum recorded the fact that the American people delight in being humbugged, and such is still the national mood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sooner America knows we are not going to be humbugged the better it is.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ses I, "Mebby that's so, but we shall all know more about who is humbugged and who isn't, after the war is over."
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Smith, Seba
He had no wish to be “mean,” but it might be well to show her he wasn’t to be humbugged.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry
