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conny-catching

conny-catching is the alternative spelling of cony-catching.

Meaning of cony-catching

Noun

cony-catching (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, slang, Elizabethan) Deception, trickery.
    • Come, you are so full of conicatching.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of conny-catching

pluralconny-catchings

Questions about conny-catching

What is conny-catching the alternative spelling of?
Conny-catching is the alternative spelling of cony-catching.

Words near conny-catching in the dictionary

  1. connusant
  2. connusor
  3. connusors
  4. Connverse
  5. conny
  6. conny-catching
  7. Connymere
  8. cono
  9. cono-
  10. conoalbumin
  11. conoauricular

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