2 uses
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Definition
a false appearance or action to help one pretend
- She had no compunctions about the lie and getting the doll under false pretenses.Chapter 27 (92% in)
- " Francie, who had abandoned the pretense of study, picked up McGarrity's last two words.Chapter 38 (57% in)
There are no more uses of "pretense" in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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