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He would sit on a log with a gypsy, and bamboozle him with lies made for the purpose, then thrash him for not believing them. He called here and called there, made himself specially agreeable everywhere, went to every ball and evening party to which he could get admittance in the neighborhood, and flirted with any girl who would let him.
It is not so with us artists; they could not bamboozle us in this way. Your strain is an old story; it is taken from the 'Mariage de raison', first act, second scene."
The working-classes are fools if they listen to the idle talk about Sunday labor, with which the Tories and bigots try to bamboozle them. The opening of public institutions on Sunday would not necessitate a hundredth part of the labor already employed in keeping open places of worship, and driving rich people to and fro.
I suppose you think you'll have a better chance of working to win'ard of him then?" "That's it, Admiral," said my father, laughing. "There's no good in a fellow trying to bamboozle you, sir." "No, by George!" chuckled the old fellow, mightily pleased at this tribute to his "cuteness", "you'd have to get up precious early in the morning to take me in as you know from old experience of me, Vernon!
Bamboozle Ted until he won't even guess our real meaning, but insist we are his cousins, with first names only." "But he would have to introduce us to his boy friends?" objected Sally. "Well, that's all right. He can do that and we'll just tell him we are playing a joke. College boys adore jokes, don't they?" "Pretty much of a muddle, but I'll try it," assented Sally finally.
I'll give you a couple of jars to take home with you. There's nothing mean about me never was. The devil can't catch me at THAT corner, anyhow. It wasn't my fault that Hester didn't have a new hat for ten years. It was her own she pinched on hats to save money to give yellow fellows over in China. I never gave a cent to missions in my life never will. Never you try to bamboozle me into that!
They named people according to some striking quality or characteristic. Hence our missionary had been long known among the red men of the West as the Preacher, and, being quite satisfied with that name, he accepted it without making any attempt to bamboozle the children of the woods and prairies with his real name, which was and is a matter of no importance whatever.
On the other hand, it may have been the other way about, and that the shorter word came from the longer. The word bamboozle shows us how hard it is for meaningless slang to become good English even after a struggle of two hundred years.
Gordon preferred the former, because he had the love of battle; but Foster held to the second method, in its way equally effective, and anyone who shook a spear against authority was sure of sympathy from Gordon. It was a great sight to see Foster bamboozle Claremont. With the greatest regularity Foster was ploughed in his con., failed to score in Latin prose, and knew nothing of his rep.
"Come, lad, don't bamboozle your mother with sophistries," interrupted Frank, "but go on to the point, and don't be so long about it." "Well, mother," resumed Willie, "Mr Auberly gave me a harder rebuke than you have done, for he made no reply to my speech at all, but went on as quietly and coolly as if I had not opened my lips. `Now, said he, `I happen to have a particular regard for Miss Ward.
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