Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any act of deceit, fraud, swindling, or thieving; the act of begging under false pretenses; also, a device by which fraud is effected.
- noun Any peculiar or artistic production or piece of workmanship.
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Examples
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Mr. Falkland ‘ll stand a farm, you may be sure, for this little fakement.’
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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When the tying-up fakement was over everything went off first-rate.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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For some time past, it seems, dad had been grumbling about being left to himself so much, and, except this last fakement, not having anything to do with the road work.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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"It's all the same jolly fakement to me, one way or t'other."
The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991
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Charley's next birthday I shall present him, I think, with a proper pearly suit, with kicksies cut saucy over the trotters, and an artful fakement down the side, if the Society will allow me.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various 1880
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They're going to take up a back block and do the thing regular: Marston, Starlight, and Company -- that's the fakement.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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He said he somehow didn't expect the fakement to turn out well.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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When the tying-up fakement was over everything went off first-rate.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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For some time past, it seems, dad had been grumbling about being left to himself so much, and, except this last fakement, not having anything to do with the road work.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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Mr. Falkland 'll stand a farm, you may be sure, for this little fakement.'
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
whichbe commented on the word fakement
Something faked; a contrivance or device used to deceive.
May 12, 2008
5814738 commented on the word fakement
"He wiggled the hand he held in the air. 'It's all the same jolly fakement to me, one way or t'other.'" From The Wastelands by Stephen King.
January 9, 2011
jmjarmstrong commented on the word fakement
JM is a fakement of his own imagination.
February 17, 2011
qms commented on the word fakement
Beware lest like Eve you should meet
A serpent who lies for a treat.
That wily old snake meant
To purvey a fakement
For sheer love of simple deceit.
July 17, 2017