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Hornswoggle
[
hawrn
-swog-
uh
l
]
Origin
horn·swog·gle
/
ˈhɔrnˌswɒg
əl
/
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[
hawrn
-swog-
uh
l
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object),
-gled,
-gling.
Slang
.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
Origin:
1815–25
origin uncertain
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to refuse to serve at a bar or restaurant; to be thrown out of or forbidden from an establishment
a highly uncomfortable or embarrassing situation
to understand thoroughly and intuitively
to pick the pocket of or hassle the body of
to refuse to serve at a bar or restaurant; to be thrown out of or forbidden from an establishment
a person or thing that closely resembles another
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hornswoggle
(ˈhɔːnˌswɒɡ
ə
l)
—
vb
slang
(
tr
) to cheat or trick; bamboozle
[C19: of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
hornswoggle
"to cheat," 1829, probably a fanciful formation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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