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Definition of Humbuggery
1. n. The practice of imposition.
Definition of Humbuggery
1. Noun. (dated) trickery; deception ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humbuggery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humbuggery
Literary usage of Humbuggery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oriental America and Its Problems by Theodore Williams Noyes (1903)
"... of the Presidential Campaign—Political Platform Duplicity—Genuine Anti-Imperialists
Not Caught in the Kansas City Net—The Art of Political humbuggery. ..."
2. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1887)
"BANK humbuggery. Some months ago a merchant of this city consulted a 'physician
concerning a gastric and intestinal trouble which was manifestly the result ..."
3. A Synopsis of Popery, as it was and as it is by William Hogan (1847)
"... m this land of freedom and Popish humbuggery. The work of her conversion
proceeded with the usual success, until she finally joined the Romish church. ..."
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