Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To cheat; trick. See conycatcher.
- To trick; impose upon; cheat.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
Etymologies
- Back-formation from cony-catcher. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“There is no remedy; I must cony-catch; I must shift.”
“_ There is no remedy; I must cony-catch; I must shift.”
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
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Fubbery and Blaflum
An arcade of artifice and deception.
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