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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Bubbler

· Bub·bler · IPA /[bʌb.lə]/
01 v. t. To cheat; to deceive.
  1. 1.
    To cheat; to deceive.
    “She has bubbled him out of his youth.” — Addison.
    “The great Locke, who was seldom outwitted by false sounds, was nevertheless bubbled here.” — Sterne.
02 n. One who cheats.
  1. 1.
    One who cheats.
    “All the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, subscribers, projectors, etc.” — Pope.
  2. 2.
    A fish of the Ohio river; -- so called from the noise it makes.(Zool.)