- a variation of phantom.
fantom
Britishnoun
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"Simplified spelling" made its debut on Jan. 28, 1934, and schoolteachers all over the Middle West found themselves fighting to save pupils from such Tribisms as hocky, fantom and definitly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive fantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various
Society is a tissue of pretense: convention a fleeting fantom.
From Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information by Stratton, Lilyan
And mist-wreaths twine together— List to a sudden mysterious click, The caddie shudders and shrinks, The scarlet-jacketed heart beats thick— 'Tis the fantom of the links.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
"Our tea at the chateau was almost a fantom tea."
From Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier by Emerson, Alice B.
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