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Sham

Sham (sham)
n.(?)
Sham
[Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See Shame, ]
  1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
    "A mere sham." Bp. Stillingfleet.

    Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. Addison.

  2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.

    Pillow sham, a covering to be laid on a pillow.

Sham

Sham (sham)
a.
Sham
  1. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.

    They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians. Jowett (Thucyd)

Sham

Sham (sham)
v. t.
Sham
  1. To trick] to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

    Fooled and shammed into a conviction. L'Estrange.

  2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
    [R.]

    We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason. L'Estrange.

  3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

    To sham Abram or Abraham, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.

Sham

Sham (sham)
v. i.
Sham
  1. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

    Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming. Macaulay.













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