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Definition of Hornswoggle
1. Verb. Deprive of by deceit. "They hornswoggle him of all his money"; "The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Specialized synonyms: Short, Short-change
Generic synonyms: Cheat, Chisel, Rip Off
Derivative terms: Bunco, Con, Defrauder, Gyp, Scam, Scammer, Swindle, Swindler, Victimization
Definition of Hornswoggle
1. Verb. (transitive) To deceive or trick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hornswoggle
1. [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornswoggle
Literary usage of Hornswoggle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"hornswoggle, nonsense, humbug. Believed to be of American origin. Horrors, the
low spirits, or "blue devils," which follow intoxication. ..."
2. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"But a good many others, eg, to bulldoze, to hornswoggle and to scoot, were genuine
inventions, and redolent of the soil. With the new verbs came a great ..."
3. The Fairview Idea: A Story of the New Rural Life by Herbert Quick (1919)
"The mills rob her of the task of making clothes. They also hornswoggle her out
of the priceless privilege of grinding corn in a mortar, ..."
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