stumer
- noun
- Archaic
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falsificación
- He was disappointed when the rare coin he bought was actually a stumer.
Examples
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That old coin is just a stumer.
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After hours of work, the invention turned out to be a complete stumer and did not function at all.
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The police warned shopkeepers to watch out for stumers among the cash they received.
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I received a stumer in change yesterday.
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The store was filled with stumers, such as counterfeit jewelry that looked real but was worthless.
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He tried to pay with a stumer, thinking no one would notice it was a fake bill.
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After inspecting the old painting, the expert concluded it was a stumer, not an original work of art.
Synonyms
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3.5
An object made to look real to trick people
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6.3
A false copy of money or documents made to trick people
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8.9
Fake bills or coins that people do not accept as real money
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Etymology
Stumer is a slang word for a fake or worthless thing. A helpful way to remember it is to think of stumer like sham, a trick that 'pretends' to be real, so a stumer looks valuable but is actually useless.