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What is the derivation of the word bamboozle?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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The origin is not known. From the early 1700's it may have been a slang word. There is a Scottish word 'bombaze' meaning to perplex. There is a French word 'embabounier' meaning to make a fool. Whatever the answer, the origin is not known and disputed

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