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Fake sign of unpaid bill in English club (8)

Ross

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spurious

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'fake' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for spurious that I've seen before include "Contrived" , "Not genuine or authentic" , "fraudulent" , "Forged" , "Bogus" .)

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