Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bogus

Bogus ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Etymol. uncertain.]

Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit. [Colloquial United States]

Bogus , noun

A liquor made of rum and molasses. [Local, United States] — Bartlett