put-on
Example Sentences
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To do so would seem like a silly put-on — like a weird grief pantomime.
From Salon
“People trust me because I’m not a put-on.”
From Los Angeles Times
To Finch’s credit, this wasn’t a complete political put-on.
From Salon
But he writes with sensitivity too, from painterly depictions of the Palm Desert and Salton Sea to riffs on the Talmud that suggest Cohen’s faith isn’t entirely a put-on.
From Los Angeles Times
But it was just a tactic — what Kanai called a “put-on.”
From Los Angeles Times
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