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The answer HUMBUG has 60 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of humbug in various dictionaries:
noun - pretentious or silly talk or writing
noun - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
noun - something intended to deceive
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| Oz is not a wizard, just a common man; the Scarecrow calls him this 6-letter word for a pretender |
| One chapter is called "The Magic Art of the Great" this 6-letter word meaning a hoax or fraud |
| When Scrooge's nephew says, "A Merry Christmas, Uncle! God save you!", Scrooge replies, "Bah!" this |
| Shades of Scrooge? Chapter XVI is "The Magic Art of the Great" this 6-letter word for "impostor" |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| deceptive or false talk or behaviour. |
| a hard sweet, usually with a mint taste and strips of two different colours on the outside: |
| dishonest talk, writing, or behaviour that is intended to deceive people: |
| Deceive trick. |
| A boiled sweet, especially one flavoured with peppermint. |
| Deceptive or false talk or behaviour. |
| pretentious or silly talk or writing |
| trick or deceive |
| communication (writen or spoken) intended to deceive |
| something intended to deceive deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage |
| Humbug description |
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A humbug is a person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way, often as a hoax or in jest. The term was first described in 1751 as student slang, and recorded in 1840 as a "nautical phrase". It is now also often used as an exclamation to mean nonsense or gibberish. * When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle. In modern usage, the word is most associated with the character Ebenezer Scrooge, created by Charles Dickens in his novella A Christmas Carol. His famous reference to Christmas, "Bah! Humbug!", declaring Christmas to be a fraud, is commonly used in stage and television versions and also appeared frequently in the original book. The word is also prominently used in The Wizard of Oz, in which the Scarecrow refers to the Wizard as a humbug, and the Wizard agrees. * Another use of the word was by John Collins Warren, a Harvard Medical School professor who worked at Massachusetts General Hospital |
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