All 3 Uses of
pretense
in
The Joy Luck Club
- "No, I really must go now, thank you, thank you," I say, glad I remembered how the pretense goes.†
Chpt 2
- Inside, the house held a different kind of pretense.†
Chpt 4
- One minute she was talking to my father, complaining about the tenants upstairs, scheming how to evict them under the pretense that relatives from China were moving in.
Chpt 20 *pretense = something that helps one pretend
Definition:
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(pretense) a false appearance or action to help one pretendeditor's notes: 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.