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Meanings of humbug in anglès

portuguès
mexerico
català
poca-soltada

Pretentious or silly talk or writing.

      poca-soltada
      portuguès
      fraude
      català
      jugada
      espanyol
      camelo

      Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.

            jugada

            Communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive.

                  Slang term for fraud or nonsense; person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a hoax or in jest.

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                          Sinònims
                          Examples for "snake oil"
                          Examples for "snake oil"
                          1
                          Did no good at all, except to keep snake oil salesmen in business.
                          Dark pursuit
                          2
                          Viper wine is sandalwood, aloes -the viper element was probably snake oil.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          Brood over all die many folk who have skidded on the snake oil.
                          A singular man
                          4
                          Others believe the watch is more than just snake oil.
                          Wired
                          5
                          My considered opinion is that what the TM folks are peddling is snake oil.
                          The fracture zone: my return to the balkans
                          Usage of humbug in anglès
                          1
                          Of course some in Detroit have an answer to Lovins's visions: humbug.
                          Wired
                          2
                          Never let it be said I was bah humbug about Christmas traditions.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          Nothing can hurt so much in the end as lies and humbug.
                          The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
                          4
                          All this unification of nationalities is the great humbug of the century.
                          Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 1
                          5
                          Let us say in passing, that the American does not like humbug.
                          Confiscation; An Outline
                          6
                          No if that infernal humbug will get hot-headed and answer the O.C.
                          Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
                          7
                          We didn't go in for humbug civil service and all that rot.
                          Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very p...
                          8
                          No doubt he considered the whole affair a piece of sentimental humbug.
                          Adela Cathcart, Volume 2
                          9
                          He despised humbug, hypocrisy, and cant:andHe hatedmeannessandcruelty.
                          Religious Reality: A Book for Men
                          10
                          I may be the greatest humbug on the market, but I'm religious.
                          The Captives
                          11
                          But mine is a different problem from that white-haired humbug of yours.
                          The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
                          12
                          There was no humbug about the search, you will understand, Mr. Brett.
                          The Albert Gate Mystery / Being Further Adventures of Reginald B...
                          13
                          Now remembering all, I was filled with indignation against this little humbug.
                          Finished
                          14
                          Confidence with women, you know, is all humbug after a certain point.
                          The Best Ghost Stories
                          15
                          Out upon him, for a paid agitator, a kill-joy, and a humbug.
                          Painted Windows / Studies in Religious Personality
                          16
                          It isn't a lie-only a piece of conventional humbug which everybody understands.
                          The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
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