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phony  n.  (Also spelled phoney)  Something or someone that is phony.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Phony" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Dry-Creek, with a sniffle. "It ain't human. I've noticed the varmint a-palaverin' round her frequent. And him a Marquis! Ain't that a title, Phony?" ...
— Rolling Stones • O. Henry

... said of the city of St. Louis that, as to Missouri, it was "a diamond pin in a dirty shirt." I will not maintain the immaculateness of the shirt; but the diamond has flaws, and is, in some respects, as a gem not far removed from the "phony." ...
— Volume 10 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann



Words linked to "Phony" :   smoothy, Tartufe, cheat, whited sepulchre, pretender, imitative, beguiler, fake, smoothie, cheater, sweet talker, phoney, deceiver, slicker, whited sepulcher, Tartuffe, bogus, trickster



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