supposititious

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Mr. Pancake's supposititious cable was written in the code of the Commercial Cable Co.

From Time Magazine Archive

Punch hurried valiantly into the breach with a supposititious Tourist Council brochure, which assures impoverished Americans that they are still welcome in Britain, where "our hospitality can be tailored to your diminished purse."

From Time Magazine Archive

This penalty of being jiggered was a favourite supposititious case of his.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

To these supposititious editors the most extraordinary titles and functions are bequeathed.

From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various

The supposititious marrying man stood perfectly stiff in the middle of the salon, at a loss what attitude to assume, but scratching his nose very often to keep himself in countenance.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de