Usually means: Initial quiet phase of conflict.
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  1. phoney war: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. phoney war: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phoney war, the phoney war: Collins English Dictionary
  4. phoney war: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. Phoney War: Wiktionary
  6. Phoney War, Phoney war, The phoney war: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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noun:  (historical) During World War Two, the period of limited military activity from the outbreak of hostilities on September 3rd, 1939 until Germany's attack on the Low Countries on May 10th, 1940.

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