Coggery

//ˈkɒɡəɹi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    trick; deception countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Therefore can I not but often smile in my sleeue to heare and see the Iesuits coggery in euery thing […]"

Example

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"Therefore can I not but often smile in my sleeue to heare and see the Iesuits coggery in euery thing […]"

Etymology

From cog + -ery.

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