A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
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He thought there was something phoney in the feel of the notes.
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The phoney war is over; now the battle for Eircom truly begins.
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The annual phoney war that kicks off awards season has properly begun.
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Websites are now used and operated anonymously or under a phoney alias.
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But the enthusiasm was short-lived and perceived as phoney at the time.
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The whiff of rebellion had blown away, the phoney war was undetectable.
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He told Mrs. Courtwright how he could tell it was a phoney.
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The phoney potted palms were considering growing roots, out of sheer boredom.
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I'm a phoney and a fake, but this isn't phoney or fake.
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Everybody in Poona is 'phoney.' Everything is 'phoney.' Everything they do is 'phoney.'
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A real game in a competition which often ends with a phoney war.
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I've a list of almost every phoney plate it's ever used.
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You led me out yesterday for Gutman with that phoney call for help.
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While it was happening, she could actually forget how phoney it all was.
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Too phoney, too forced, and the risk of getting it wrong is huge.
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This exchange sums up the frustration in the media about the phoney promises.
