I don't think an ethical editor's job is to hornswoggle publishers. From Wordnik.com. [Finding an editor] Reference
Could you name a few prominent philosophers who think it is hornswoggle?. From Wordnik.com. [Another Chink in a Worldview's Armor?] Reference
What will happen next time some administration tries to hornswoggle the nation into an unjust war?. From Wordnik.com. [Gregory To Tony Snow: "What's An Appropriate Way To Dissent"?] Reference
Meaning: we plan to hornswoggle some atheist-sounding organization into lending an illusion of balance. From Wordnik.com. [Why Debates are Dubious - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Cy was exultant after watching Ed, my club's best player, hornswoggle a good declarer out of a vulnerable game. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge] Reference
It's always half so they can try to hornswoggle you into paying more for a half-full glass than a half-empty one. From Wordnik.com. [Is the glass half full or half empty?] Reference
Rather than producing hogwash and hornswoggle, maybe he can bring some cold, hard facts instead of this torqued rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Your Daily Dose Of Afghanistan « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
Either the AP is having extraordinary difficulty in communicating its intent, or it is trying to hornswoggle you and Chittum. From Wordnik.com. [What The Associated Press’ tracking beacon is — and what it isn’t » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
Reagan helped the GOP hornswoggle the working and middle classes but the bloom is off the rose and the emperor has no clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Has There Been a Political Realignment? - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
We're going to hear crowing from the liberal media the likes of which they only dreamed of, as their ability to hornswoggle the American people is demonstrated to the world. From Wordnik.com. [November 5th, 2008] Reference
This includes a sizeable contingent of those good folks who allowed Rovian tactical maneuvering to hornswoggle them into buying the fantasy that soon-to-be King George was just another "good ol 'boy.". From Wordnik.com. [KING GEORGE, WE'RE TAKIN' OUR COUNTRY BACK] Reference
It's not surprising that one of PwC's lead lobbyists in this effort to hornswoggle the taxpayers is former Rep. Bill Archer -- a vehement foe of the earned income tax credit (which benefits low-income people). From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Cray: Those wacky supply-siders are at it again!] Reference
This too easily can yield to the aggressively anti-democratic machinations of neo-conservatism -- the belief that an excellent few have license to hornswoggle the rest of us into projects that benefit the decision-makers. From Wordnik.com. ["Straight-Talking" McCain Pushes Phony GOP Attack On Kerry] Reference
Matt that tried to hornswoggle me with my own photograph. From Wordnik.com. [Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley] Reference
But don't forget, boys, when you-all want me to hornswoggle Wall. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter IV] Reference
"And you let 'em hornswoggle you into takin 'it?" demanded the Cap'n. From Wordnik.com. [The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul] Reference
Ramping up my resolve, I vowed that no cranky cookie could hornswoggle me. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
"I figure to know cattle some myself, an 'I wouldn't let Kelton hornswoggle me.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boss of the Lazy Y] Reference
Such people are easy to hornswoggle for money into buffoonish charades such as this. From Wordnik.com. [LT Saloon] Reference
ANYTHING for POWER and RICHES, in order to hornswoggle the public, right, Hypocrite Pat?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress] Reference
If there's a bright side to this hornswoggle, it's that folks in Salem are taking notice. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Bog's Blog] Reference
For their sake, don't trust your teens, book says teenager, you need to know the definition of this word: hornswoggle. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to How to help your teen get enough sleep] Reference
But a good many others, e. g., to bulldoze, to hornswoggle and to scoot, were genuine inventions, and redolent of the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 3. The Expanding Vocabulary] Reference
The result of the feud was the disappearance of the guy, who is believed to be living in a hole, next to hornswoggle, under the ring. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
They even managed to hornswoggle into their minuet old Daddy Warbucks himself, Donald Rumsfeld, a few weeks before he was sent packing. From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
I suppose my lack of experience was in my favor, for, after all, Eliza Shaeffer is a common enough name, and the "Horn" might have stood for "hornswoggle," for all I knew. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of Jennie Brice] Reference
"Yes, hornswoggle you," roared Ben Stubbs, "but if it hadn't been for that gas-bag of yours you'd never have got us, and I can lick any man aboard yer with my fists or any other weapon.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest] Reference
How do you get hornswoggle for smackdown vs raw for. From Wordnik.com. [[Help] Most Recent Posts] Reference
There's been three tramps here to hornswoggle us an 'I-- ". From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of Anderson Crow] Reference
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 06, 2010 10: 36 AM (qPpkJ) 15 It's a flim-flam, a hornswoggle. From Wordnik.com. [Ace of Spades HQ] Reference
"hornswoggle," for all I knew. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of Jennie Brice] Reference
\tab "He'll still hornswoggle you. From Wordnik.com. [Time Enough For Love]
"He's the one trying to hornswoggle me. From Wordnik.com. [A Corpse is a Corpse]
This surprise, however, is soon overtaken by the realization that American idioms, especially the idioms of the Prohibition era — "rannygazoo," "hornswoggle," "put on the dog," "bum's rush," "dude" — pervade the speech of his characters. From Wordnik.com. [The Honorable Schoolboy] Reference
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