fake : Idioms & Phrases


fake book

  • noun a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly
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Faking box

  • a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.
Webster 1913

French fake

  • (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely.
Webster 1913