Meaning of Bogus | Babel Free
ˈbəʊ.ɡəsDefinitions
- A surname.
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A liquor made of rum and molasses. US, dialectal, uncountable
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Counterfeit money. US, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Equivalents
Bosanski
gate
Español
averiado
bamba
barato
disfrazarse de
fantasma
fingido
hacerse pasar de
jodido
pajolero
trapicheado
Hrvatski
gate
Bahasa Indonesia
gadungan
Nederlands
vervalst
Српски
gate
Examples
“BOGUS. A liquor made of rum and molasses.”
“"Calibogus," or "bogus" was cold rum and beer unsweetened.”
“The American colonists drank rum straight, spiced, or mixed. They combined it with a list of ingredients: rum mixed with hard cider was called stonewall; rum and beer made bogus; rum and molasses made blackstrap.”
““Ahem—it is the opinion of the court that the prisoner has been making bogus; so we must put him in the jug until Superior Court.[…]””
“There is not a merchant in this city but knows this fact, and also that there has been a large quantity of bogus in circulation.”
“This being agreed to, they hand the soldier the same number of dollars they received from him—but all counterfeit. This new way of passing bogus they have practised to a considerable extent […]”
“Edward Bonney, a bounty hunter who passed bogus on occasion, claimed to have been working to break up yet another gang operating on the Mississippi with a base at Nauvoo.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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