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BOGUS (of uncertain origin, possibly connected with the Fr. bagasse, sugar-cane refuse)

BOGUS (of uncertain origin, possibly connected with the Fr. bagasse, See also:
SUGAR
sugar-See also:
CANE
cane refuse) , a See also:

SLANG

slang word, originally used in See also:

AMERICA

America of the apparatus employed in See also:

COUNTERFEITING (from Lat. contra-facere, to make in opposition or contrast)

counterfeiting coins, and now generally of any sham or See also:

SPURIOUS

spurious transaction .

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