Pretences

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of pretence form-of, plural

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guisepretensionairsappearanceartificeblind

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"He is not so much a humorist as a satirist of the Thackeray type — unsparing in his denunciation of shams, affectations, and flimsy pretences of all kinds."

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