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pho·ny ADJ Am

phony → phoney

See also phoney

I . pho·ney [ˈfəʊni, Am ˈfoʊ-] pej ADJ

II . pho·ney [ˈfəʊni, Am ˈfoʊ-] pej N

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Gold found it endemic of endless phony dully event stunts that he had been criticizing for over a decade.
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In 1994, he was found guilty of welfare fraud for operating a phony billing scheme.
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It acquired its name by being a prominent landmark just south of a phony diamond deposit in the diamond hoax of 1872.
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They also featured phony news stories about everyday things.
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A phony version of the album was leaked on file sharing networks simultaneously to the actual album's promotional leak.
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In the light of the world as we know it in the seventies, it all sounded so follow, so phony, so naive, he wrote.
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Within the system, he s a pitiful nothing, unable to speak without a teleprompter, an affirmative-action phony doomed to inevitable defeat.
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Phony vanity awards prey on small businesses who are trying to make their companies stand out in their industry.
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In an interview the band cited that the live album was essentially made up of studio outtakes that were overdubbed with phony cheering and applause.
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He then sold shares of the phony company to fellow inmates and others.
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