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Grammar : Noun
Spell : huhm-buhg
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌmˌbʌg



Definition of humbug

Origin :
  • 1751, student slang, "trick, jest, hoax, deception," also as a verb, of unknown origin. A vogue word of the early 1750s; its origin was a subject of much whimsical speculation even then.
  • noun nonsense
  • noun hoax
Example sentences :
  • Mrs M. is a humbug—not a drop of information can I get for love or money.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The family is in that, as in so many other respects, a humbug.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • You'll find out what a humbug he is by and by, Mrs. Bartlett.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • You know that is not a humbug; you know He has heard you when you knelt down and prayed.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • We must have humbug, we all like humbug, we couldn't get on without humbug.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • There is a vast deal of humbug in the use we make of the word humility.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Lincoln, even such as he is, contrives to humbug most of the Congressmen.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • All that humbug which has only sent poor folks to rack and ruin!
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Hilda would be best described as a jolly girl with no humbug about her.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • You don't fancy, do you, that you are the only man with a gift for humbug?
  • Extract from : « Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service » by Charles James Lever

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