Cony-catch

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To trick, cheat. obsolete, transitive

    "But those that gull and conicatch us with the assurance of an extraordinary facultie […] ought to be double punished."

Example

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"But those that gull and conicatch us with the assurance of an extraordinary facultie […] ought to be double punished."

Etymology

Back-formation from cony-catcher.

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