Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bam"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bam \Bam\ (b[a^]m), n. [Prob. a contr. of bamboozle.]
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. --Garrick.
To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all
manner of bams. --Prof.
Wilson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bam \Bam\, v. t.
To cheat; to wheedle. [Slang] --Foote.
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