trumpery
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Trumpery has been used to cover a large part of that spectrum, starting with deceit in the 1400s when it was borrowed from the French tromperie.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2016
Trumpery has had a few other obscure meanings.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2016
And wou'd you have me appear like a Turn-stile Creature? why d'you work for such Trumpery? have you not Business enough from Court.
From The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Baker, Thomas, fl. 1700-1709
He was only waiting for Mr Medlock’s departure to dive into the mystery of Trumpery Toadstool, or Murdered for a Lark, in which he had that morning invested.
From Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
One can appreciate this when he sees a card displayed on the door of Doctor Bolles's sanctum bearing this motto: "A man is known by the Trumpery he keeps."
From Memories and Anecdotes by Sanborn, Kate
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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The Tempest
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"An Honest Thief" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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