Beaut words: Barmecidal

Giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.



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The men employed by Mr. Hackley, the Street Contractor, assembled yesterday, the regular pay-day, at the office, in the Park, to receive their semi-monthly wages, but they were met by the assurance that there was no money, and that it was only a Barmecidal pay-day.



-- "The Street Contractor's Pay-Day, but no Money," New York Times, January 22, 1862