humbug

• It had such an extravagant sound that it was set down as a humbug, and few answered it. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873
• He sed my wax-wurks was a humbug, and called me a horey-heded itinerent vagabone. —  Pushing to the Front
• What can be fairer This paper will not knowingly publish any humbug, and I have placed a Brush in the hands of Mayor Cooper and Postmaster James of New York, as a guarantee of my good faith UP Remittances should be made payable to GEO. —  Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
• I know what you'll tell me, you old humbug--`awfully hard grind'--`exam coming on'--`lectures day and night,' and rubbish like that. —  The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch
• What a humbug is this sensualist, who masks his pruriency back of poetic and philosophical symbols. —  Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques

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