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  • 41gudgeon — gudgeon1 [ gʌdʒ(ə)n] noun 1》 a small freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers. [Gobio gobio.] 2》 archaic a credulous person. Origin ME: from OFr. goujon, from L. gobio(n ), from gobius goby . gudgeon2 [ gʌdʒ(ə)n] noun 1》 a pivot or spindle… …

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  • 42cully — I. n. Dupe, gull, cat s paw, credulous person. II. v. a. Cheat, trick, dupe, gull, chouse, deceive, delude, overreach, cozen, circumvent, beguile, impose upon …

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  • 43dupe — I. n. Gull, cully, credulous person. II. v. a. Cheat, deceive, delude, trick, circumvent, overreach, beguile, cully, chouse, cozen, gull, impose upon …

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  • 44impossible statement — A representation so extravagant that only a credulous person will believe it. 23 Am J2d Fraud § 156 …

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  • 45goof — ☆ goof [go͞of ] Informal n. [prob. < dial. goff < Fr goffe, stupid < It goffo] 1. a stupid, silly, or credulous person 2. a mistake; blunder vi. 1. to make a mistake; blunder, fail, etc.: often with up 2. to waste time, shirk one s… …

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  • 46gobe-mouches — /gob mooshˈ/ (French) noun 1. A flycatcher (bird) 2. An insectivorous plant 3. A credulous person …

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  • 47Cock Lane ghost — A 19th century illustr …

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  • 48Demoniacs — • Article concerned with the demonic possession in the New Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Demoniacs     Demoniacs     † …

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  • 49Gullibility — is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by… …

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  • 50Joseph Smith, Jr. — Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure in the United States during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1827, Smith began …

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