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