Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
phantom . - A simplified spelling of
phantom .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
phantom . - noun phantom corn.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
phantom . - noun Alternative spelling of
phantom .
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Examples
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We willingly call a fantom our fellow, as knowing we shall soon be of their dark companionship.
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885
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So what better way to up the ante and make people even more interested than to create this kind of fantom baby.
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· An option to hide the useless "fantom" symbolic links in Vista and Windows 7 has been added.
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Also, it problee cauzes fantom pain, juss lyk hyoomins whu looze bodee parts, an it oftin causes arfritis later in lyf, frum teh amputation an frum pawsiblee innerfering wif teh kitteh walking teh way tehy spost tu.
no, u furst - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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On national security, it kind of worries me that it\'s basically said that Al Qeada is a fantom, and we\'re off wasting time over in the Middle East.
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Gevrol and the governor of the prison were right, then, and M. Segmuller and he, Lecoq, were senseless fools, pursuing a fantom.
Monsieur Lecoq �mile Gaboriau 2003
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It was only a chain of fantom towns and cities, made of painted wood and canvas; but while Catharine was there they were very real, seeming to have solid buildings, magnificent arches, bustling industries, and beautiful stretches of fertile country.
Famous Affinities of History — Volume 2 Lyndon Orr
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It was only a chain of fantom towns and cities, made of painted wood and canvas; but while Catharine was there they were very real, seeming to have solid buildings, magnificent arches, bustling industries, and beautiful stretches of fertile country.
Famous Affinities of History — Complete Lyndon Orr
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Society is a tissue of pretense: convention a fleeting fantom.
Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information Lilyan Stratton
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At last Colina tried to wave the hideous fantom away.
The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Hulbert Footner 1911
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