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false colours

pl n

1. (Military) a flag to which one is not entitled, flown esp in order to deceive the ship was sailing under false colours

2. an assumed or misleading name or guise to trade under false colours

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No references found			You sail under false colours from beginning to end,' he said. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context That's how it always is with these Schilleresque noble hearts; till the last moment every goose is a swan with them, till the last moment, they hope for the best and will see nothing wrong, and although they have an inkling of the other side of the picture, yet they won't face the truth till they are forced to; the very thought of it makes them shiver; they thrust the truth away with both hands, until the man they deck out in false colours puts a fool's cap on them with his own hands. Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context			false alarm false alumroot false ankylosis False arch false arrest false asphodel False attic false azalea false baby's breath False Bay false beachdrops False bearing false bedding false belief false bittersweet false bottom false bracken false buckthorn false bugbane False cadence false calyx false chamomile false cirrus false color film false colour false colours False conception false consciousness False croup false dawn false deathcap false diamond false dogwood False door false dragon head false dragonhead false face False fire false flax false foxglove false friend false fruit False galena false garlic false gavial false glottis false goatsbeard false gromwell false hair false heather false hellebore			false bursa False cadence false calyx False Cape State Park False Capes State Park false card false castor oil plant false castor oil plant false castor oil plant false castor oil plant False catshark false ceiling false chamomile false charge false cirrus false cirrus cloud false claim False Claims Act False class consciousness false cleavage False Co-Authorship False color False color false color film False colors False colors False colour False colour False colour False Colour Infrared false colours false columnaris disease false columnaris disease false columnaris disease false columnaris disease False conception False conception False conclusion false conduct false conjugate false consciousness false construction false copy False Creek Design Group False Creek Racing Canoe Club False Creek Ventures Ltd False Creek Yacht Club False Cross False croup False Cypress false cyst false cyst false cyst False dandelion False Dawn false dawns false deathcap False declaration False Decretals

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