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humbug

noun

    1. something made or done to cheat or deceive; fraud; sham; hoax
    2. misleading, dishonest, or empty talk; nonsense
  1. a person who is not what he claims to be; impostor
  2. a spirit of trickery, deception, etc.
  3. Brit. a striped hard candy

transitive verb humbugged, humbugging

to dupe; deceive

interjection

nonsense

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See humbug in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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