What is to deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. Lamb called?
hoax — To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. Lamb. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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