humbug
noun
something intended to delude or deceive.
humbugging
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present participleof humbug.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Stranded in his "useless position" at Transport, Reith seethed while Churchill put together his "rotten" wartime coalition full of "humbugging and sycophantic" ministers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hullo!" he said, swaggering up to the orchestra, "what's this humbugging thing they're playing?
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
I am to be shot out, and the old brute’s going to preach me a humbugging canting sermon first.”
From Haviland's Chum by Bertram Mitford
But as for books of travel, Tom, of all the humbugs of a humbugging age, there is nothing can approach them.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever
Wouldn’t I just like to be going bang off to the front to have a slap at old Kreli instead of humbugging around here looking after stock.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
