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Phony War

Phony War is the alternative form of Phoney War.

Meaning of Phoney War

Proper noun

the Phoney War

  1. (historical) During World War II, the period of limited military activity from the outbreak of hostilities on September 3rd, 1939 until Germany's attack on the Low Countries on May 10th, 1940.
    • Study of the Phoney War, especially on the Franco-German front, is still limited.2019, Maude Williams, Bernard Wilkin, French Soldiers' Morale in the Phoney War, 1939–1940, Routledge, →ISBN

Questions about Phony War

What is Phony War the alternative form of?
Phony War is the alternative form of Phoney War.

Words near Phony War in the dictionary

  1. phony as a three-dollar bill
  2. phony disease
  3. phony peach disease
  4. Phony Stark
  5. phony up
  6. Phony War
  7. phony-baloney
  8. phonyed up
  9. phonying
  10. phonying up
  11. phonyness

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