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Definition of phony adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

phony

adjective

NAmE//ˈfoʊni//

(also phoney) (phonier, phoniest) (informal) (disapproving)

not real or true; false, and trying to trick people synonym fake She spoke with a phony Russian accent.

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