Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The practice of cogging or cheating, especially at dice; trickery; falsehood; knavery.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Trick; deception.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete trick; deception

Etymologies

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cog +‎ -ery

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Examples

  • The download is available only via the Desktop Manager, which will throw a wrench into the coggery for anyone not on Bell.

    IntoMobile 2009

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