humbug
Speech parts
1. humbug - Noun
2. humbug - Verb
3. humbug - Interjection
Meaning
An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax.
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Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.
The League of Nations is the greatest humbug in history. They cannot even protect a little nation like Armenia. They do nothing but pass useless resolutions.
The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically.
There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.