Humbugger

//ˈhʌmbʌɡə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who humbugs; a cheat or swindler. dated

    "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."

Example

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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."

Etymology

From humbug + -er.

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