Meaning of Bogus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A liquor made of rum and molasses.
   US, dialectal, uncountable
3. Counterfeit money.
   US, archaic, dialectal, uncountable

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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.”

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