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"Hoodwink" and "bamboozle" are terms that channel, in a way, Malcolm X.
Obama On Veep Talk: Clintons Are Trying To "Hoodwink" You 2009
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"Hoodwink" and "Bamboozle" are quite familiar words to me, and I know just what they mean.
Obama On Veep Talk: Clintons Are Trying To "Hoodwink" You 2009
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The "Hoodwink" novelette had been unfamiliar to everyone, although they all remembered Evil by Gaslight; the movie still ran pretty often on TV.
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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If he had retained anything incriminating from his New York days, such as evidence of his partner's identity in the "Hoodwink" plagiarism -- and that embarrassing photograph Cybil had told me about -- it was likely to be there.
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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More than ever now I wanted to know the background details on Evil by Gaslight; there was little doubt in my mind that the film, the "Hoodwink" manuscript and extortion letters, and Colodny's murder were all connected somehow.
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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He writes something called "Hoodwink" and decides to show it to Colodny.
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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After thirty years he is at last going to confront the man who stole "Hoodwink" from him.
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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The person who had killed Colodny and Meeker, the accomplice in the "Hoodwink" plagiarism?
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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Opened up my portfolio case and shuffled through the "Hoodwink" manuscript again while I drank my first cup.
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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There were three sentences typed on the paper, in a different type face from either the previous letter or the "Hoodwink" manuscript; no salutation or signature.
Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981
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