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cheatery|ˈtʃiːtərɪ|
Also 6 chetory, 8–9 Sc. cheatry, cheatrie.
[f. cheat v. or cheater: see -ery.]
The practice of cheating; swindling, trickery.
1532Dice-Play D vij, Now I vnderstand by what chetory it was woon. 1678–1712Fountainhall Dec. Sessions I. 359 (Jam.) Their cheatry, falshood, and unfaithfulness to their trust. 1823Galt Entail xci, Ye Goliath of cheatrie! 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey v. iii. 176 If thou only cheat five times a-day, and give a tenth of thy cheatery to the poor. 1867Stubbs Gesta Regis Hen. II, II. Pref., Much room for exaction, cheatery, and litigation.
attrib.1818Scott Rob Roy xxv, Warrants and poindings and apprizings, and a' that cheatry craft. 1837R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 150 Maids are witches—we the fools They cast their cheatrie glamour on. |