Both Uses of "pretense" in "Sweet Far Thing"

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Both Uses

pretense
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Sweet Far Thing
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I excuse myself from the bicycling under the pretense of tending to my knee.†
Chpt 1 *

pretense = a false appearance or action to help one pretend
Rather than take tea with the others and listen to talk of this party or that ball, I excuse myself on the pretense of practicing my curtsy, and comb the school's nooks and crannies, hoping I might find the dagger Wilhelmina Wyatt stole or additional clues to its whereabouts.†
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(1) (pretense)
a false appearance or action to help one pretend

This is sometimes seen in the expression "false pretense" or "false pretenses" which is just emphasizing that behavior or actions do not reflect the true situation.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)