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Meanings of fair imitation in English

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Usage of fair imitation in English
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The Colonel laughed with a fair imitation of sincerity and tolerant amusement.
The Valley of the Giants
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How utterly homespun, I scoffed in a fair imitation of Simon himself.
Tuck
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Daimon answers the mobile in a fair imitation of the royal crown prince.
Number9Dream
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He looked up now with a fair imitation of a smile.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
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So am I, said Smith, with a fair imitation of his usual lightness.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
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A fine specimen of prase when cut affords a fair imitation of the emerald.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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You did it for the cause. He actually gave a fair imitation of Emmet's tones.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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Personally I think it was a pretty fair imitation.
The Just and the Unjust
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On the one side, green lawns, gardens, trees, and a very fair imitation of Europe.
Here, There and Everywhere
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Then she flashed out:-"Quitea fair imitation, Mr. McTurk,-isn't it?"
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
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It made a fair imitation of a riot.
Earth Abides
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He did not do this as well as Karellen could, but it was a fair imitation.
Childhood's End
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Billy emitted a low growl, in fair imitation of a prowling dog that has been disturbed.
The Mucker
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By that time we of Antwerp were getting a very fair imitation of a city besieged.
The Log of a Noncombatant
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Navvy evidently had never been ridden, for he began a fair imitation of a bucking bronco.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
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Her voice was deep and naturally abrupt but she achieved a fair imitation of Alexina's sweet cordiality.
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
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