Meaning & use
Humbugs
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Deceptive or false talk or behavior intended to trick people; also, in British English, a type of hard, minty striped candy.
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The salesman's promises turned out to be nothing but humbugs.
She bought a bag of humbugs from the corner sweet shop.
A note on using this word
The word is forever tied to Ebenezer Scrooge's famous exclamation 'Bah, humbug!' in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, meaning nonsense or fraud.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A hard, striped peppermint-flavored candy, especially in British English.
Grandma always kept a tin of humbugs on the shelf.
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