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humbuggers

humbuggers is the plural of humbugger.

Meaning of humbugger

Noun

humbugger (plural humbuggers)

  1. (dated) One who humbugs; a cheat or swindler.
    • Under theſe circumſtances the Humbugger attacks the man whom he has ſelected for his butt; and while he proſtitutes his own candour to the raiſing his good opinion of himſelf too high, he gives the ſignal to every body about him to laugh at him for a coxcomb for doing ſo.1772 November, “A Short Dissertation on the Modern Art of Humbugging”, in The Covent-Garden Magazine; or, Amorous Repository: Calculated Solely for the Entertainment of the Polite World, and the...

Questions about humbuggers

What is humbuggers the plural of?
Humbuggers is the plural of humbugger.

Words near humbuggers in the dictionary

  1. humbugeous
  2. humbuggable
  3. humbugged
  4. humbugger
  5. humbuggeries
  6. humbuggers
  7. humbuggery
  8. humbugging
  9. humbuggings
  10. humbuggish
  11. humbuggism

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