SHAM
ADJECTIVES
► AFFECTATIOUS of the nature of affectation; pretentious, fake, sham, feigned → 1687 obs.
► DUMMY counterfeit, sham → 1846
► FLAMBUGINOUS of the nature of a ‘flam’; nonsensical, sham, whimsical → 1813 rare
► FLASH sham or counterfeit
► MARGARINE sham, bogus, falsified, false → 1891
► SHNIDE ► SNIDE false, counterfeit, sham, bogus, phony, fake; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand → 1859 UK
► SNIDEY false, counterfeit, sham, bogus; hence, mean, contemptible, underhand → 1859 UK
► SPOOF fake, spurious, sham → L19 sl.
► SPURIOUS not being what it purports to be; not true or genuine; false, fake, sham, counterfeit → 1615
NOUNS
► ABRAHAM a sham → 2004 UK rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► ABRAHAM-WORK shams of all kinds, false pretenses → Bk1909 cant
► BLEFLUM ► BLEPHUM a sham, an illusion, what has no reality in it → Bk1911 Sc.
► FAKE a dodge, a sham, a swindle, some form of fraudulent money-making scheme; a dishonest stratagem or action → 1829 sl.
► FALSING shamming, malingering → 1940s Aust. sl.
► FALSITY a counterfeit, sham → 1780
► FA-SAY a pretense, a sham → Bk1900 Sc.
► FLAM a falsehood, deception, or sham → chiefly Eng. dial.
► HUMBUG a thing which is not really what it pretends to be; an imposture, a deception, fraud, sham → 1750
► IDOL a fictitious personation; a counterfeit, sham; a pretender → 1590 obs.
► MAKE-LOOK a made-up appearance; a sham → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MOCK a sham, cheat, swindle; a falsehood → 1821 Sc.
► STUMER a worthless cheque; something sham → 1890
NOUNS – PERSON
► ONPUT one who puts on an act; a pretender, a shammer → 1958 Sc.
VERBS
► ABRAHAM to sham, esp. to avoid something by feigning illness → 1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
► MIMICATE to mimic; to pretend, sham → 1824 Sc. obs.
► MIMP to make believe; to sham, to pretend → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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