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1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx sig. O4 The Foxe most of all mistrusteth the Foxe, neither is the deceiuer fearelesse of deceit,..wherefore (sillie soules) plaie they, faire or play they foule seeing themselues alike suspected, they hould it but good reason to requite such open sorrowe, by the aduauntange of some priuie sollace.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 3 Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all As the weyard Women promis'd, and I feare Thou playd'st most fowly for't. View more context for this quotation

1640 ‘Ben-Arod Gad’ Wandering-Jew 41 Feare makes you foolish; and a confidence that your Wife is false, leaves you distrustfull... Can she not be absent, but she playes foule?

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 269 You are fond of Gaming, and you Play foul.

1799 Ld. Nelson 17 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 60 Our Allies have..played us foul.

1843 Lancaster Gaz. 18 Mar. A Mr. Conatty has been convicted at Toars of playing foul at cards.

1995 K. D. Fishman Behind One-way Mirror 362 It seemed far less stigmatizing to be told that nature has played us foul, that at times our bodies betray us.

2021 @TheKid_TS2 27 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 4 Mar. 2021) He knew he was playing foul too bc he walked in with a smirk on his face.