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cloyer

cloyer noun: one who cloys.

Noun (1)

cloyer (plural cloyers)

  1. One who cloys.

Noun (2)

cloyer (plural cloyers)

  1. (historical, thieves' cant) One who intruded on the profits of young sharpers, by claiming a share.
  2. A thief, shoplifter.

Forms of cloyer

pluralcloyers

Origin of cloyer

From cloy + -er.

Uncertain. Perhaps for *clawyer (“one who practices thievery”, literally “claw-er”), or a variant of *clyer (“one who clies”), equivalent to cly + -er. More at cly.

Questions about cloyer

What does cloyer mean?
Cloyer means one who cloys.
What part of speech is cloyer?
Cloyer is a noun.
What is the plural of cloyer?
The plural of cloyer is cloyers.

Words near cloyer in the dictionary

  1. Cloyd
  2. Cloyds
  3. cloye
  4. cloyed
  5. cloyedness
  6. cloyer
  7. cloyers
  8. cloyes
  9. cloyest
  10. cloyeth
  11. cloying

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