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

That the list of conditions was supposititious is rendered probable by other negotiations in which Raymond desperately strove to avert the inevitable rupture.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

England's exercise of force has approximated on the whole to the r�le of police; Spain's to that of the diplomats of the supposititious Power just referred to.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman