Example Sentences

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He whisks them off to the North Pole and gives them a video game to play; in it the Humbugs have stolen all of his Christmas toys.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2011

The mother and daughter — with the help of the Rockettes — work together to battle the Humbugs and, in doing so, receive the real gift: spending time together.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2011

Attracted by the publicity, an American journalist named Jack Walser thinks he may have found another subject for a series he is planning on "Great Humbugs of the World."

From Time Magazine Archive

Once after holding forth at some length on Humbugs, a physician said to me: "Ah-er—you-ah—didn't mention the medical profession."

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

The Y.M.C.A. invited me to lecture on Humbugs, and that scared the Ministerial Association nearly to death.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper