fourberie

• D'Artagnan even his hateful _fourberie_ in the case of Milady. —  Letters to Dead Authors
• Paris with circumstances of distinguished treachery '(insigne fourberie) towards his brother, the Prince. —  Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles
• FRIPONNERIE, _f. _, action de fripon; fourberie. —  French Conversation and Composition
• "fourberie" ever indulged in by a reverend gentleman. —  Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland
• Now, though the said chicken was then at roost in the stable, and required the several ceremonies of catching, killing, and picking, before it was brought to the gridiron, my landlady would nevertheless have undertaken to do all within the time; but the guest, being unfortunately admitted behind the scenes, must have been witness to the _fourberie_; the poor woman was therefore obliged to confess that she had none in the house; "but, madam," said she, "I can get any kind of mutton in an instant from the butcher's." —  History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

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