humbugging

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"You see he's humbugging, and the clarionet-player is an honest man An honest man!"

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  • If this thing had been kept to a VOLUNTARY basis, the Racial Discrimination Act NOT interfered with, I doubt that too many could have objected, other than the mostly men, but not exclusively so, who are 'humbugging' the women who were getting the income un-split. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • There is none, or little, of the 'humbugging', the violence towards women and children, because the men have SELF-RESPECT. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • March 5th, 2009 at 4: 16 pm yeah, if this was anything but the Beatles I would be bah-humbugging with you. —  Infendo - Nintendo blog
  • I like seeing my family during Christmas, but I'm getting to a near Scrooge level of bah-humbugging when it comes to the pageantry and gift giving. —  Branded in the 80s!
  • So long as we were in these latitudes, we had but little rest in our watch on deck at night, for, as the winds were light and variable, and we could not lose a breath, we were all the watch bracing the yards, and taking in and making sail, and "humbugging" with our flying kites. —  Two Years Before the Mast
 

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