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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 121 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOGUS (of uncertain origin, possibly connected with the Fr. bagasse,
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sugar-
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cane refuse)
, a
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slang word, originally used in
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America of the apparatus employed in counterfeiting coins, and now generally of any sham or
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spurious transaction .

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