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FO baw-nawm
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false good humor; a person pretending to enjoy something
1874Madame de MauvesWas this candid young barbarian but a faux bonhomme after all?1908The Yellow God'Do what you will, Alan,' said Mr. Haswell harshly, for now all his faux bonhomme manner had gone, leaving him revealed in his true character of an unscrupulous tradesman with dark ends of his own to serve.1934On the RocksSIR ARTHUR. Oh, faux bonhomme, of course, yes. [Looking him up and down].1936The Island of SheepHe was the faux bonhomme, if I knew the breed, always grinning and pawing the man he spoke to, but with cold, cunning grey eyes that never smiled.Labels: George Bernard Shaw, H. Rider Haggard, Henry James, John Buchan
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