Bo"gus (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit.
[Colloq. U. S.]
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Bo"gus, n.
A liquor made of rum and molasses.
[Local, U. S.]
Bartlett.
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