Crossword-Solution: HUMBUG
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Humbug | n. | An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. |
| Humbug | n. | A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness. |
| Humbug | n. | One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. |
| Humbug | v. t. | To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with HUMBUG (5)
Humbug, I tell you! humbug!" At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon.
Mesmerism, now! Will that effect nothing, think you, towards purging away the grossness out of human life?” “All a humbug!” growled the old gentleman.
THE THREE SLEEPERS Well, all day we went through the humbug of watching one another, and it was pretty sickly business for two of us and hard to act out, I can tell you.
Francis privately set the manager down as a humbug, and the story about the numbering of the rooms as a lie.
Mallet knows I ‘m a hopeless humbug; so I need n’t mince my words with him.” “Ah, my dear, don’t use such dreadful language!” said Mrs.
Quotes with HUMBUG (3)
I shan't mind if you don't," he agreed. "But I'll not let you go, Prudence. Til not pester you, but know this: I will wait until you choose to listen to your heart.""Pshaw." It was a feeble effort. She took a deep breath and tried again. "Humbug! How can you presume to know my heart?" He smiled a slow, devastating smile. "You are my heart." He lifted her hand and kissed it. "And our hearts beat in tune. I know it — I, who used not to believe in such things. And you know it.
The Victorian Age, for all its humbug, was a period of rapid progress, because men were dominated by hope rather than fear. If we are again to have progress, we must again be dominated by hope.
War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war. Our attitude towards the fearful necessity of war ought to be stern. It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war and not a game. Otherwise, war is a favourite pastime of the idle and frivolous...
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1974–2025).