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Phony   /fˈoʊni/   Listen
adjective
phoney  adj.  (compar. phonier; superl. phoniest)  (Also spelled phony)  
1.
Imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; false; counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney hundred-dollar bill.
Synonyms: bogus, counterfeit, fake, ersatz; fraudulent; false.
2.
Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; of people.


phony  adj.  (compar. phonier; superl. phoniest)  (Also spelled phoney)  
1.
Imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony hundred-dollar bill.
Synonyms: phoney, bogus, counterfeit, fake.
2.
Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; of people.


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


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





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"Phony" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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
... links that connect them are unbroken from Fifth Avenue to Chinatown, from the half-crazed extravagances of the Orchils' Louis XIV ball to a New Year's reception at the Haymarket where Troy Lil's diamonds outshine the phony pearls of Hoboken Fanny, and Hatpin Molly leads the spiel with ...
— The Younger Set • Robert W. Chambers
... up was foxy, though," commented Mylert, the burly catcher of the Giants. "There are no 'ifs or ands' about it like most phony stories where the fellow's trying to hedge in case someone comes back at him. It sounds like straight goods. It's the most truthful looking lie ...
— Baseball Joe Around the World - Pitching on a Grand Tour • Lester Chadwick


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