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fake noun- a counterfeit thing, or a person that pretends to be something other than he or she is UK, 1827
- UK nuclear evidence a fake. British intelligence claims that Saddam Hussein has been trying to import uranium for a nuclear bomb are unfounded, according to UN nuclear inspectors. — The Guardian, 8 March 2003
- in a magic act, a piece of equipment that has been altered for use in a trick US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 88, 1981
- a swindler; a confidence man UK, 1884
- He was a pretty good fake in his day[.] — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 134, 1973
- a medicine dropper used by an intravenous drug user to inject the drug US
At times embellished as “fakus”. - Just get the fake out and let’s fix. — David Maurer and Victor Vogel, Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction, p. 405, 1973
- an erection UK
- — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 174, 2002
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