Bore¹

A hoax.

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1800. “A FEDERAL BORE.” Heading of an item concerning the reported death of Thomas Jefferson.—The Aurora (Phila.), July 3.

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1800. The institution of the Lazy Society was a mere sportive hoax, to bore some of the laziness of the District.—Id., Sept. 12.

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1811.

	’Tis thus that Hymen cracks his joke,
	A hoax, a quiz, a bore;
	The Bridegroom’s still a “Batchelder,”
	The Bride is not “Muchmore.”
	Mass. Spy, May 1: on the marriage of Mr. Thomas Batchelder to Miss Martha Muchmore.

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