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Significados de humbug en inglés

portugués
mexerico
catalán
poca-soltada

Pretentious or silly talk or writing.

mexerico
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fraude
catalán
jugada
español
camelo

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

camelo

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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Examples for "snake oil"
Examples for "snake oil"
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Did no good at all, except to keep snake oil salesmen in business.
Dark pursuit
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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
Uso de humbug en inglés
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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
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Nothing can hurt so much in the end as lies and humbug.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
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All this unification of nationalities is the great humbug of the century.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 1
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Let us say in passing, that the American does not like humbug.
Confiscation; An Outline
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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...
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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...
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No doubt he considered the whole affair a piece of sentimental humbug.
Adela Cathcart, Volume 2
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He despised humbug, hypocrisy, and cant:andHe hatedmeannessandcruelty.
Religious Reality: A Book for Men
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I may be the greatest humbug on the market, but I'm religious.
The Captives
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But mine is a different problem from that white-haired humbug of yours.
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
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There was no humbug about the search, you will understand, Mr. Brett.
The Albert Gate Mystery / Being Further Adventures of Reginald B...
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Now remembering all, I was filled with indignation against this little humbug.
Finished
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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
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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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