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Traditional English :: humbug
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humbuggery.html - n. & v. --n. 1 deceptive or false talk or behaviour.
2 an impostor.
3 Brit. a hard boiled sweet usu. flavoured with peppermint. --v. (humbugged, humbugging)
1 intr. be or behave like an impostor.
2 tr. deceive, hoax. humbuggery n. [18th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: humbug
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humbuggery.html - n. & v. --n. 1 deceptive or false talk or behaviour.
2 an impostor.
3 Brit. a hard boiled sweet usu. flavoured with peppermint. --v. (humbugged, humbugging)
1 intr. be or behave like an impostor.
2 tr. deceive, hoax. humbuggery n. [18th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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English Idioms :: humble
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humbuggery.html - See: EAT HUMBLE PIE. |
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Traditional English :: humble
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humbuggery.html - adj. & v. --adj. 1 a having or showing a low estimate of one's own importance. b offered with or affected by such an estimate (if you want my humble opinion).
2 of low social or political rank (humble origins).
3 (of a thing) of modest pretensions, dimensions, etc. --v.tr.
1 make humble; bring low; abase.
2 lower the rank or status of. eat humble pie make a humble apology; accept humiliation. humbleness n. humbly adv. [ME umble, humble f. OF umble f. L humilis lowly f. humus ground: humble pie f. UMBLES] |
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Traditional English :: humble-bee
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humbuggery.html - n.
= BUMBLE-BEE. [ME prob. f. MLG hummelbe, MDu. hommel, OHG humbal] |
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Traditional English :: humbug
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humbuggery.html - n. & v. --n. 1 deceptive or false talk or behaviour.
2 an impostor.
3 Brit. a hard boiled sweet usu. flavoured with peppermint. --v. (humbugged, humbugging)
1 intr. be or behave like an impostor.
2 tr. deceive, hoax. humbuggery n. [18th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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