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Definition of Bluffing
1. bluff [v] - See also: bluff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluffing
Literary usage of Bluffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How Jesus Met Life Questions / Harrison S. Elliott by Harrison Sacket Elliott (1920)
"CHAPTER VII What Is Wrong with "bluffing" and "Knocking"? Jesus Attacks Sham and
Tells How to Test Religion Jesus early ran against insincerity and the ..."
2. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"Key proceeded with the greatest secresy in the organization of his forces.
He accepted none but Western men, and pre- KEY bluffing HIS WOULD-BE ASSASSINS. ..."
3. "An American commoner": the life and times of Richard Parks Bland. A study by William Vincent Byars (1900)
"bluffing" as a Political Method in America.—Statesmanship and the Poker Habit.—The
Realities of Hate and Passion Behind the Theatrical Threats of ..."
4. Retail Selling and Store Management by Paul Henry Nystrom (1914)
"bluffing.—The "bluffer" is weak in personality. He may succeed in "putting up a
front" a few times, but it is contrary to nature for him to succeed always. ..."
5. 88 Bis and V. I. H.: Letters from Two Hospitals by Katharine Foote (1919)
"The general opinion here seems to be that the Boche is bluffing. Otherwise, why
does n't he sink some American ships? Everyone is very excited by the ..."
6. Ten Years at Yale: A Series of Papers on Certain Defects in the University by George Frederick Gundelfinger (1915)
"... THE ART OF bluffing There is no decaying merchant, or inward beggar, hath so
many tricks to uphold the credit of their wealth, as these empty persons ..."
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