Bamfoozle

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To confound; to perplex. colloquial

    ""'I kin see no other chance, cap'n, than ter take the water: we may bamfoozle the houn's a bit, if thar's good wadin'.'""

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""'I kin see no other chance, cap'n, than ter take the water: we may bamfoozle the houn's a bit, if thar's good wadin'.'""

Etymology

Variant of bamboozle, possibly influenced by confuse; see Cassell's Dictionary of Slang.

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