humbug

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Examples of humbug

  • I congratulate him on his success in humbugging both sides, and making both sides believe, that they hare got a great bargain.

  • I have always known they were humbugs—equality, serving their brother men, taking the profit motive out of industry and all that nonsense.

  • Ought we not to stop humbugging ourselves and face the real issue?

  • The people do not want to be soothed, humbugged and drugged any more.

  • They have humbugged themselves and everybody else for a generation.

  • They are sick to death of being humbugged in this way.

  • I suppose you were humbugging all the time and had your tongue in your check.

  • They are a crowd of hypocritical humbugs who come along here mouthing pious expressions of sympathy.

  • I am tired of those humbugs who turn their heads away and say that it is not really going on.

  • Do not let us be humbugged about this.

  • What is the use of humbugging each other?

  • If they do not they are frauds and humbugs.

  • Here again the saving on lollipops and humbugs could have been used to give some significant assistance.

  • In my experience, advisory boards are usually complete humbugs.

  • They look at one in amazement, and one realises that they think we are complete humbugs in this matter.

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