Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality. · Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
From the verb hoke ("to give an artificial feel to" [from hokum]) + -y.
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