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The rebels thought he was counterfeiting blindness, but I believe it was real.

From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William

Sheridan had no right to give a stamp of merit: it was counterfeiting Apollo's coin.'

From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Osgood, Charles Grosvenor

A little glimmering of reason made the physician Dr. Boncraft tell the Lord Chief Justice Anderson that Mother Jackson was wrongfully accused, and the girl was counterfeiting.

From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)

No one was asked for a pass or a letter, especially since in the neighborhood of Karl, who was counterfeiting kindness, no man dared trouble another.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

It so happened that a few steps from him was a genuine specimen of the profession he was counterfeiting.

From Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant by Alger, Horatio