hum (to hum) or humbug
Anne | Thursday, May 29th, 2008 | No Comments »To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device. A humbug; a jocular imposition, or deception. To hum and haw; to hesitate in speech, also to delay, or be with difficulty brought to consent to any matter or business,
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
