Crossword clues for hornswoggle
hornswoggle
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to cheat," 1829, probably a fanciful formation. Related: Hornswoggled; hornswoggling.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To deceive or trick.
Wikipedia
Dylan Mark Postl (born May 29, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and actor, best known for his time in WWE under his ring name Hornswoggle. He debuted in WWE in 2006 as a leprechaun character allied with Finlay. Hornswoggle won the Cruiserweight Championship before it was retired, was erroneously revealed as Mr. McMahon's storyline illegitimate son, and was exposed as the Anonymous Raw General Manager who had controlled the Raw brand from June 21, 2010 to July 18, 2011.
Usage examples of "hornswoggle".
Then, with his fatherly manner and sincere face, he hornswoggled a young lady employee of I.
All I meant was that Jill really didn’t know that what she was doing was wrong - Mike’s got her hornswoggled - and Mike doesn’t know he’s doing wrong either.
Haaken had begun crowing about how he had hornswoggled Reskird into betting they would see action before they arrived.
He didn't think Uncle Tim would come to any harm here-oh, no, he went to a lot of trouble to make that clear-but he thought maybe undue pressure was being brought to bear on the old boy, or he was being hornswoggled somehow, and at least being told lies about his loving nephew Ira.
He didn't think Uncle Tim would come to any harm hereoh, no, he went to a lot of trouble to make that clearbut he thought maybe undue pressure was being brought to bear on the old boy, or he was being hornswoggled somehow, and at least being told lies about his loving nephew Ira.
All that lip chewing and hornswoggling just to furnish a little strength!