Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who bamboozles; a cheat; one who plays tricks upon another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. A swindler; one who deceives by trickery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
bamboozles ; atrickster .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Why rely on a "bamboozler" when you can go right to the source and ask the horse.
Obama negotiations with Iraq. Ann Althouse 2008
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GOP bamboozler Howard Kaloogian is also on OCDB's board, and has close ties to Russo, Marsh.
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It is used as the bamboozler, to bury protests with that simple push of a remote mouse button or the call for “next”…
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » This is Why I Left Corporate America 2009
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Zach Roth of TPM Muckraker reports that "legendary GOP bamboozler" Howard Kaloogian has launched a tea party bus tour to protest healthcare reform.
Lindsay Beyerstein: The Daily Pulse: Deep Six the Gang of Six 2009
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Zach Roth of TPM Muckraker reports that "legendary GOP bamboozler" Howard Kaloogian has launched a tea party bus tour to protest healthcare reform.
The Media Consortium: The Daily Pulse: Deep Six the Gang of Six 2009
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This just proves once again that Lieberman is a world-class GOP-style bamboozler!
CT-SEN: Lieberman Suggests Terrorists Were In Iraq Before U.S. Invasion 2009
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So in the final analysis he's just another bamboozler on this topic.
CO-07: New O'Donnell Ad Begs Forgiveness For Social Security Phase Out Essay 2009
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It boasted such illustrious neocon members as Bill Kristol, former CIA director James Woolsey, and even McCain senior foreign policy adviser and Chalabi-bamboozler Randy Scheunemann, whom Josh has been blogging about.
Bayh As Veep? But He Co-Chaired Neocon Committee For The Liberation Of Iraq With McCain! 2009
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Obama is a fake, a double-talking deceiver, a bamboozler.
Hillary Drops New Indiana Mailer Attacking Obama On Guns, "Bitter" Comments 2009
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He has received a plethora of accolades from key primary states in recent weeks for his (alleged) tenacity and willingness to shoot it straight -- not unlike the great bamboozler before him, Bill Clinton, who seemed to fool most everyone into believing his words actually meant something.
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