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What does hokey mean?

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Adjective
  1. (US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
  2. (US, colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental
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We'll surely all die of skin cancer in the years to come, but by hokey, it will have been worth it.
By hokey, we mean to hold this government accountable one way or the other.
The plot is very hokey, just like any good horror movie, but the scares are genuine.
The gravely, growling voice is shot to bits, the performances are hokey, the ad-libs too frequent, and the constant crowd noises irritating.
He's a gruff, funny guy who knows exactly how to deliver the hokey, disjointed dialogue.
By hokey, you run an ad on telly with a mother not recognising her own son and wait for the jobbies to hit the fan.

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