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bam n also bom. EDD ~ sb1 2. A false tale intended to deceive
or hoax.
1903 Daily News 24 Feb "Ned the Trickster": She
was picking plums and cherries / To be bought by Misther Ned, / But she's feeling now
disgusted, / For she saw it was a bam. 1937 DEVINE 7 ~ a false tale, to parody or
ridicule a person or sacred ceremony. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 168 A bom of a lie—a bad lie.
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