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BUNCOMBE, or BUNKUM (from Buncombe See also:
COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)
county, See also:
NORTH
NORTH, BARONS
NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)
North Carolina, See also:
UNITED
United States) , a See also:

TERM

term used for insincere See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

ACTION

action or speaking to gain support or the favour of a See also:

CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency, and so any See also:

HUMBUG

humbug or clap-See also:

TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap .

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