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Definition of the word humbug -- Warren of London -- Genin, The hatter -- Gosling's blacking.
Upon a careful consideration of my undertaking to give an account of the "Humbugs of the World," I find myself somewhat puzzled in regard to the true definition of that word. To be sure, Webster says that humbug, as a noun, is an "imposition under fair pretences; " and as a verb, it is "to deceive; to impose on. " With all due deference to Doctor Webster, I submit that, according to present usage, this is not the only, nor even the generally accepted definition of that term.