skulduggeryn.

Forms: Also 1800s scullduggery; skullduggery.

Etymology: altered < sculduddery n.

Originally U.S.

Underhand dealing, roguish intrigue or machination, trickery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]

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phenakisma1863

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to give the go-around1925

Scandiknavery1927

the twist1933

hype1955

mamaguy1971

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > action

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dirty pool1973

1867 A. D. Richardson Beyond Mississippi xi. 134 Do you see Smith and Brown whispering there in the corner? They are up to some scull-duggery.

1867 A. D. Richardson Beyond Mississippi xi. 134 From Minnesota had been imported the mysterious term ‘scull-duggery’, used to signify political or other trickery.

1890 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 10 224/1 Some two or three years ago one of the New York papers..announced that a missionary on the Congo intended to return to America and blow up the whole scullduggery; meaning, apparently, to expose the false pretences on which money had been collected for the mission.

1892 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 7 Nov. 7/4 Unfounded Charges of Skulduggery.

1893 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 22 Dec. The United States Courts..are now very busy affixing the penalties for violations of the national banking laws and for general skulduggery in the management of the institutions.

1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights ix. 239 It began to look to me like Hen was up to some skulduggery.

1929 M. A. Gill Underworld Slang 11/1 Skull duggery, dirty work.

1936 H. Hagedorn Brookings iii. 49 America at..its worst in financiering, political machination and the skullduggery of the stock market.

1949 J. Steinbeck Russ. Jrnl. ix. 215 The political skulduggery of the Kremlin.

1957 A. Grimble Return to Islands vii. 130 Disgraceful stories of all the skulduggeries he had got away with by suborning government officials.

1962 D. Francis Dead Cert ix. 108 The skulduggery that goes on in respectable little old Brighton.

1980 Times 3 Jan. 10/2 Watergate was such a sensational piece of skulduggery.

Derivatives

ˈskuldug v. [as a back-formation.] transitive to extract by trickery.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > obtain fraudulently

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skuldug1936

swizz1961

1936 W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! vi. 178 This Faustus who..skuldugged a hundred miles of land out of a poor ignorant Indian.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	skulduggery
释义	skulduggeryn. Forms: Also 1800s scullduggery; skullduggery. Etymology: altered < sculduddery n. Originally U.S. Underhand dealing, roguish intrigue or machination, trickery. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] swikec893 swikedomc893 dwalec950 braida1000 falsec1000 flerdc1000 swikelnessa1023 fakenOE chuffingc1175 fikenungc1175 bipechingc1200 treachery?c1225 falseshipc1230 guilec1230 telingc1230 swikeheada1250 craftc1275 felony1297 wrench1297 deceitc1300 gabc1300 guiling13.. guilery1303 quaintisec1325 wrenk1338 beswiking1340 falsehood1340 abetc1350 wissing1357 wilec1374 faitery1377 faiting1377 tregetryc1380 fallacec1384 trainc1390 coverture1393 facrere1393 ficklenessc1397 falsagea1400 tregeta1400 abusionc1405 blearingc1405 deceptionc1430 mean?c1430 tricotc1430 obreption1465 fallacy1481 japery1496 gauderya1529 fallax1530 conveyance1531 legerdemain1532 dole1538 trompe1547 joukery1562 convoyance1578 forgery1582 abetment1586 outreaching1587 chicanery1589 falsery1594 falsity1603 fubbery1604 renaldry1612 supercherie1621 circumduction1623 fobbinga1627 dice-play1633 beguile1637 fallaxitya1641 ingannation1646 hocus1652 renardism1661 dodgerya1670 knapping1671 trap1681 joukery-pawkery1686 jugglery1699 take-in1772 tripotage1779 trickery1801 ruse1807 dupery1816 nailing1819 pawkery1820 hanky-panky1841 hokey-pokey1847 suck-in1856 phenakisma1863 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 dodginess1871 jiggery-pokery1893 flim-flammery1898 runaround1915 hanky1924 to give the go-around1925 Scandiknavery1927 the twist1933 hype1955 mamaguy1971 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > action brokery1602 trinketing1646 adultery1753 traffickery1838 hanky-panky1841 grafting1859 shystering1860 graft1865 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 in and out work1888 by-practice1913 grift1914 dirty pool1973 1867 A. D. Richardson Beyond Mississippi xi. 134 Do you see Smith and Brown whispering there in the corner? They are up to some scull-duggery. 1867 A. D. Richardson Beyond Mississippi xi. 134 From Minnesota had been imported the mysterious term ‘scull-duggery’, used to signify political or other trickery. 1890 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 10 224/1 Some two or three years ago one of the New York papers..announced that a missionary on the Congo intended to return to America and blow up the whole scullduggery; meaning, apparently, to expose the false pretences on which money had been collected for the mission. 1892 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 7 Nov. 7/4 Unfounded Charges of Skulduggery. 1893 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 22 Dec. The United States Courts..are now very busy affixing the penalties for violations of the national banking laws and for general skulduggery in the management of the institutions. 1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights ix. 239 It began to look to me like Hen was up to some skulduggery. 1929 M. A. Gill Underworld Slang 11/1 Skull duggery, dirty work. 1936 H. Hagedorn Brookings iii. 49 America at..its worst in financiering, political machination and the skullduggery of the stock market. 1949 J. Steinbeck Russ. Jrnl. ix. 215 The political skulduggery of the Kremlin. 1957 A. Grimble Return to Islands vii. 130 Disgraceful stories of all the skulduggeries he had got away with by suborning government officials. 1962 D. Francis Dead Cert ix. 108 The skulduggery that goes on in respectable little old Brighton. 1980 Times 3 Jan. 10/2 Watergate was such a sensational piece of skulduggery. Derivatives ˈskuldug v. [as a back-formation.] transitive to extract by trickery.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > obtain fraudulently wilea1400 lurch1530 fox1596 shirk1635 rook1647 trick1662 pigeon1675 sharp1699 cheat1712 fob1792 snakea1861 wangle1888 slip1890 finagle1926 skuldug1936 swizz1961 1936 W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! vi. 178 This Faustus who..skuldugged a hundred miles of land out of a poor ignorant Indian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1867
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