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humbuggery

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hum·bug  (hmbg)
n.
1. Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.
2. A person who claims to be other than what he or she is; an impostor.
3. Nonsense; rubbish.
4. Pretense; deception.
interj.
Used to express disbelief or disgust.
v. hum·bugged, hum·bug·ging, hum·bugs
v.tr.
To deceive or trick.
v.intr.
To practice deception or trickery.
[Origin unknown.]
humbugger n.
humbugger·y n.
humbuggery
1. pretentious behavior or attitudes.
2. imposing or deceptive behavior. — humbug, humbugger, n.
See also: Behavior


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It is in communities like this that Jesuit humbuggery flourishes.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The fact is, that there is a vast deal of unintentional humbuggery in some of the accounts we have from scientific men concerning the religious institutions of Polynesia.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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