GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   bam (băm), n. [Prob. a contr. of bamboozle.] An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.  Garrick.
   
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   To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. Prof. Wilson.
   
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   Bam, v. t. To cheat; to wheedle. [Slang]  Foote.
   
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