ropery
noun
rop·ery ˈrō-p(ə-)rē 
archaic
: roguish tricks or banter
Word History
Etymology
probably from the thought that the perpetrator deserved the gallows
First Known Use
1592, in the meaning defined above
- trade cycle
- trade deficit
- trade discount
- trade dollar
- trade down
- trade edition
- trade editions
- trade fair
- trade fixture
- trade for
- trade gap
- trade guild
- trade in
- trade insults
- trade language
- trade name
- trade named
- trade names
- trade naming
- trade off
- trade on
- trade places with
- trade places with (someone)
- trade places with someone
- trade practice