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bamfoozle en · VERB

Etymology

Variant of bamboozle, possibly influenced by confuse; see Cassell's Dictionary of Slang.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) To confound; to perplex.
   • "Then why try to fool and flimflam and bamfoozle a jury of Jackson county men?" 1919, The Southwestern Reporter, vol. 211, West Publishing Co., page 46:
   • "'I kin see no other chance, cap'n, than ter take the water: we may bamfoozle the houn's a bit, if thar's good wadin'.'" 1899, Mayne Reid, “Chapter XLIV, A New and Terrible Enemy”, in The Rifle Rangers, F. M. Lupton Pub. Co., page 294:
   • "'Bamfoozle de hounds and may def cut off dare scent.'" 1902, Simon Miltimore Dufur, “Chapter XIV”, in Over the Dead Line, Free Press Association, page 176:

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