| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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To bamboozle, to deceive; to be in a quandary. “I am regularly flummuxed”—i.e. perplexed. The first syllable is probably a variant of flam, humbug, deception, and the word seems to be compounded on the model of the word “perplex.” | 1 |
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| “For the privates, the sergeants, and spectors, |
| She flummuxed them all to a coon.” | |
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Sims: Dagonet Ballads (Moll Jarvis). |
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