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词组 humbug
释义 humbug
noun
  1. false or trumped-up criminal charges US
    • My oldy lady didn’t say nothin’ to the dude, man. He gave her a case on a humbug. — Christina and Richard Milner, Black Players, p. 302, 1972
    • “Sheee-it, this is a humbug, we ain’t done nothin’,” said the procurer. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Blue Knight, p. 205, 1973
    • The FBI arrested my wife on a humbug ... something about a fraud. It’s a nothing deal. — Gerald Petievich, Shakedown, p. 177, 1988
    • Not surprisingly, Dennis insists that the whole murder case was a humbug, anyway. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch, p. D1, 2 December 2001
  2. a fight, especially between youth gangs US, 1962
    • — Hermese E. Roberts, The Third Ear, 1971
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