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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(of uncertain origin, possibly connected with the Fr. bagasse, sugar-cane refuse), a slang word, originally used in America of the apparatus employed in counterfeiting coins, and now generally of any sham or spurious transaction.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bogus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bogus.html. 1910.
 
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