The word for today (along with a Happy Birthday to
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BAMBOOZLE: 1.to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often fol. by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club. 2.to perplex; mystify. 3.to practice trickery, deception, cozenage, or the like.
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