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"(idiomatic) Any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances."
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"sense": "any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances",
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"word": "Potemkinin kulissi"
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"sense": "any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances",
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"word": "Potemkinsches Dorf"
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"sense": "any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances",
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