 |  |  | | | Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 15, 2014 hornswoggle \HAWRN-swog-uhl\, verb: to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. But don't forget, boys, when you-all want me to hornswoggle Wall Street another flutter, all you-all have to do is whisper the word.
-- Jack London, Burning Daylight, 1910 Tinkie could talk her way out of a ticket in Mississippi, but I wasn't so certain the California state troopers would be as easy to hornswoggle.
-- Carolyn Haines, Wishbones, 2008 Hornswoggle is of unknown origin. It entered in America in the 1820s. Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help |
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