The party cheated, perhaps from his being like an air bubble, filled with words, which are only wind, instead of real property.
to bubble
To cheat.
·noun To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound. II. Bubble ·noun A person deceived by an empty pro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Another term for spirit-level, used for astronomical instruments. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. ...
·noun A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes through water, making a bubbling noise, when...
Confusion. A hubble-bubble fellow; a man of confused ideas, or one thick of speech, whose words soun...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An eastern pipe for smoking tobacco through water, which makes a bubbling noise. ...
To except against the general rule, that he who lays the odds must always be adjudged the loser: thi...
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...