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Humbug

Humbug meaning

A hoax, jest, or prank. | A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy. | A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.

Example sentences (19)

Even so, when a dying Humbug begs his friend to mercy kill him, Shang Chi refuses, until he finds that Humbug actually had no qualms to torture Tarantula, if it meant less suffering for Colleen.

Charlie is red and white as opposed to the more familiar ‘humbug’ striped black and white of a Belted Galloway.

I’m not going to go into all the “bah, humbug” issues today, especially with the holiday season, and I promise a cheerful close to the article today, in the spirit of the season.

Like I said, I'm probably coming across as a big "Bah Humbug" person, but I promise you I'm not.

And Cllr Richard O’Driscoll said: “I would certainly have said there’s a lot of bah humbug here.

Anthony Dominguez of Humbug Holiday Lights unstrings some Christmas lights for installation at a house in the north metro area.

BAH HUMBUG: Claymore will rock into Geelong this month for A Grumpy Celtic Christmas.

He was always contemptuous of humbug and self-importance.

However, when they arrived at Humbug Gulch and discovered that it was overrun with the infected, they felt they had no other choice but to ask Virginia for assistance.

It must have been a prop gun from the costume department at Humbug’s Gulch.

Mr Johnson had been accused of dismissing concerns about death threats aimed at female MPs as "humbug" during a Commons debate.

The group also introduced a variety of instruments that, prior to “Humbug,” were either used sparingly or not at all.

With people’s eco-consciousness growing, however, you’d be forgiven for wanting to be a bit Bah Humbug about the huge amount of needless plastic included.

And some are more “Bah Humbug” — with good reason.

It’s a heartwarming story about Scrooge, a lonely humbug who is given the rare chance to change his life and find his heart.

Swap “Bah humbug!” for “Ahoy there!” at floating restaurant London Shell Co, where Christmas is setting sail on the Regent’s Canal.

Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Nonfictions, p. 410. In a 1967 interview, Borges said, "Perón was a humbug, and he knew it, and everybody knew it.

The Scarecrow adds that he is a humbug, in which the Wizard gladly says that is he is exactly that.

The Times goes on to assert that Sherman merely supported this "humbug" of a law "in order that party organs might say.