Gropery

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Groping; the act of, or an instance of, groping. uncommon

    "State quacks, bills for Popery, Not for our merits, Lord, we claim, Stage-reminiscences, frolics, and fibs, Exemption from the woe; Lumps, bumps, gall and scull-gropery, We ask it all in Mercy's name, […]"

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"State quacks, bills for Popery, Not for our merits, Lord, we claim, Stage-reminiscences, frolics, and fibs, Exemption from the woe; Lumps, bumps, gall and scull-gropery, We ask it all in Mercy's name, […]"

Etymology

From grope + -ery.

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