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   phoney

   /ˈfəʊni/

   adjective

   • 1. not genuine; fraudulent: "phoney cruise-ship job offers"

   noun

   • 1. a fraudulent person or thing. Similar impostorshamfakefraudmountebankquackcheatswindlerfraudsterconfidence tricksterdefrauderhoaxerblufferpretendermasqueradercharlatanroguescoundrelinformal:con mancon artistdated:confidence mancounterfeitfakeforgeryshamhoaximitationcopyreproductionreplicafacsimiledummymodeltoy

   Word Origin late 19th century: of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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