Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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stalking-horse | Yes | No | No | No |
pretense | Yes | No | No | No |
stalking-horse (noun) | pretense (noun) |
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a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | the act of giving a false appearance |
screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game | a false or unsupportable quality |
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason | an artful or simulated semblance |
a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate | imaginative intellectual play |
pretending with intention to deceive |