Meaning of humbugger | Babel Free

Definitions

One who humbugs; a cheat or swindler.

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Examples

“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.”

“Here's a Humbugger come⟳, / Will prove⟳ the reſt nothing at all, / 'Tis a Jobber, a Factor, / A damn'd Corn Contractor, / Who makes all our Loaves be ſo ſmall; […]”

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