Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cheat; trick. See
conycatcher . - To trick; impose upon; cheat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
trick ,cheat .
Etymologies
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Back-formation from cony-catcher.
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Examples
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There is no remedy; I must cony-catch; I must shift.
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There is no remedy; I must cony-catch; I must shift.
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There is no remedy; I must cony-catch; I must shift.
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare 1590
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_ 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.] William Shakespeare 1590
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