Fake-bake

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tanning salon. dated
  2. 2
    An artificial tan. dated
  3. 3
    An unbaked food item passed off as genuinely baked.
Verb
  1. 1
    To get an artificial or sunless tan. intransitive

Etymology

From fake + bake.

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