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Paltering

noun
1.
A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear.  Synonym: fibbing.





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"Paltering" Quotes from Famous Books



... his back staring at the roof of the berth. By lying absolutely still and forcing himself to think of purely inland scenes and objects he had contrived to reduce the green in his complexion to a mere tinge. But it would be paltering with the truth to say that he felt debonair. He received Sam with a ...
— Three Men and a Maid • P. G. Wodehouse


Words linked to "Paltering" :   lying, palter, fabrication, prevarication


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