fib

• Judge Erle must, I think, have made up his story expressly for a hoax; the other fib is amazing—so circumstantial! —  Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle
• When I squeeze my lips together and don't say a word Twill be acting a fib, and you know it, Alice Parlin! —  Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's
• "Then all that tale about finding the Eagles' Nest without help was a--fib Myra's face crimsoned and her tell-tale eyes dropped, then lifted again, twinkling like twin stars. —  Tabitha's Vacation
• I thes laid back an' howled at the rafters, an' once-t er twice-t I wuz afeard I mought waken up Puss Sis's response to this transparent fib was an infectious peal of laughter, and a kiss which amply repaid Teague for any discomfort to which he may have been subjected Once, after Sis had nestled up against Teague, she asked somewhat irrelevantly Pap, do you reckon Mr. Woodward was a revenue spy after all Well, not to'rds the last. —  Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White
• Judge Erle must, I think, have made up his story expressly for a hoax; the other fib is amazing--so circumstantial! —  Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

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