Both Uses
charade
in
The Help
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- I can't believe the charade has gone on this long, with Mister Johnny knowing about me, and Miss Celia walking around like a ding-a-ling, like she's still pulling her trick.†
Chpt 17 *
- She's shooing me out so she can keep up her charade, so twisted it's like kudzu.†
Chpt 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(charade) a situation in which people act as though something is true that is not
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, charades is the name of a game in which a player acts out a phrase (such as the name of a movie) for others to guess.