What does humbugger mean?
Humbugger means (dated) One who humbugs; a cheat or swindler..
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/ˈhʌmbʌɡə(ɹ)/ · noun
(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.
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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Humbugger means (dated) One who humbugs; a cheat or swindler..
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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.
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