Thesaurus / humbug
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Only a humbug would complain about this “Alice in Wonderland” like befuddlement.
‘LIAR’S DICTIONARY’ A FAB, QUEER TALE FOR LOVERS OF LANGUAGEKATHI WOLFEJANUARY 29, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEWe all bow to the seor, and I wonder if he is really the private secretary, or a private humbug, waiting around to ensnare us.
GARDENS OF THE CARIBBEES, V. 1/2IDA MAY HILL STARRDid the manufacturers of Alleotone feel downcast over the exposure of their humbug?
THE PROPAGANDA FOR REFORM IN PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, VOL. 1 OF 2VARIOUSIn brief, Dowds scientific method is nothing more than unscientific humbug.
THE PROPAGANDA FOR REFORM IN PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, VOL. 1 OF 2VARIOUSYou will find him in these pages, just the same humbug Wizard as before.
DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZL. FRANK BAUM"The Wizard of Oz has always been a humbug," agreed Dorothy.
DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZL. FRANK BAUM"He's only a humbug Wizard, though," said Dorothy, smiling at him.
DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZL. FRANK BAUMThese duels, by the by, are pieces of the most intense humbug that can be imagined.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE - VOLUME 55, NO. 343, MAY 1844VARIOUSYou can't cut those clouds into slices of cheese as you can them of that humbug of a Cloud Lowrain.
THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, VOL. 2, NO. 2, AUGUST, 1862VARIOUSEven in those of the best schools, that need none of this clap-trap, there is a little humbug.
THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, VOL. 2, NO. 2, AUGUST, 1862VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO HUMBUG
- artifice
- blind
- cheat
- chicanery
- crocodile tears
- deception
- dirty trick
- dirty work
- duplicity
- fake
- feint
- flimflam
- fraud
- fraudulence
- hoax
- humbug
- imposture
- misrepresentation
- pretense
- ruse
- sell
- sellout
- sham
- shift
- smoke and mirrors
- snow job
- soft soap
- spoof
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- sweet talk
- swindle
- trick
- whitewash
- wile
- bamboozle
- beat
- beat out of
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- buffalo
- burn
- cheat
- circumvent
- clip
- con
- cozen
- cross up
- defraud
- delude
- disappoint
- double-cross
- dupe
- ensnare
- entrap
- fake
- falsify
- fleece
- fool
- gouge
- gull
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hook
- humbug
- impose upon
- lead on
- outwit
- play joke on
- pull fast one
- put on
- rob
- scam
- screw
- sell
- skin
- suck in
- swindle
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for ride
- take in
- take to cleaners
- trick
- victimize
- bamboozles
- beats
- beats out of
- beguiles
- betrays
- bilks
- buffalos
- burns
- cheats
- circumvents
- clips
- cons
- cozens
- crosses up
- defrauds
- deludes
- disappoints
- double-crosses
- dupes
- ensnares
- entraps
- fakes
- falsifies
- fleeces
- fools
- gouges
- gulls
- hoaxes
- hoodwinks
- hooks
- humbugs
- imposes upon
- leads on
- outwits
- plays joke on
- pulls fast one
- puts on
- robs
- scams
- screws
- sells
- skins
- sucks in
- swindles
- takes advantage of
- takes for
- takes for ride
- takes in
- takes to cleaners
- tricks
- victimizes
- bamboozling
- beating
- beating out of
- beguiling
- betraying
- bilking
- buffaloing
- burning
- cheating
- circumventing
- clipping
- conning
- cozening
- crossing up
- defrauding
- deluding
- disappointing
- double-crossing
- duping
- ensnaring
- entrapping
- faking
- falsifying
- fleecing
- fooling
- gouging
- gulling
- hoaxing
- hoodwinking
- hooking
- humbuging
- imposing upon
- leading on
- outwitting
- playing joke on
- pulling fast one
- putting on
- robbing
- scamming
- screwing
- selling
- skinning
- sucking in
- swindling
- taking advantage of
- taking for
- taking for ride
- taking in
- taking to cleaners
- tricking
- victimizing
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