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PHONY AS A SEVEN-POUND NOTE
PHONY AS A SEVEN-POUND NOTE
ScnMaster
(
slang
)
very
false
indeed; not remotely genuine. A variation of the phrase
phony
as a three-dollar
bill
. Neither the seven-
pound
note
nor the three-dollar
bill
have
ever been in
circulation
as valid currency.
—PDC Volume 8 Approved Glossary