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
We willingly call a fantom our fellow, as knowing we shall soon be of their dark companionship.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot
Society is a tissue of pretense: convention a fleeting fantom.
From Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information by Stratton, Lilyan
They traversed great portions of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, everywhere inflicting and enduring misery, but never approaching their fantom El Dorado.
From Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
He was another delirium of the night, a fantom of your illness, dear.
From Jacqueline of Golden River by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)
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