a tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion

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Definition of a tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion in English English dictionary

crocodile tear

At last he contrived to squeeze out one of his little hysterical tears, and drop it on her hand. Now, the girl was not butter, like some of her sex; far from it: but neither was she wood—indeed, she was not old enough for that—so this crocodile tear won her for the time being.

Hyphenation

a tear shed insincerely, in a false dis·play of sor·row or some oth·er e·mo·tion