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*phony as a three-dollar bill

 and *queer as a three-dollar bill

phony; bogus. (*Also: as ~.) This guy's as phony as a three-dollar bill. The whole deal stinks. It's as queer as a three-dollar bill.

See also: bill, phony

(as) phony as a three-dollar bill

and (as) queer as a three-dollar bill

mod. phony; bogus. The whole deal stinks. It’s as queer as a three-dollar bill. Stay away from him. He’s phony as a three-dollar bill.

See also: bill, phony

phony as a three-dollar bill

verb

See as phony as a three-dollar bill

See also: bill, phony

phony

1. mod. bogus; fake. This money looks phony to me.

2. n. someone or something bogus. Look here, you phony, get out of my office!

3. n. a phone call where the caller hangs up the minute the telephone is answered. No one was on the telephone. It was just a phony.