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put-on definition

put·-on (po̵ot′än′)

adjective

assumed or feigned a put-on smile

noun

  1. the act of fooling or hoaxing someone by playing on the person's credulity
  2. something, as a novel or play, intended as an elaborate hoax or practical joke on the reader or audience

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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