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fubbery

/ˈfʌbəɹi/

fubbery noun: cheating; deception.

Noun

fubbery (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Cheating; deception.
    • O no, but dreame the moſt fantaſticall: O heauen: O fubbery, fubbery.c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii

Origin of fubbery

From fub + -ery.

Questions about fubbery

What does fubbery mean?
Fubbery means cheating; deception.
What part of speech is fubbery?
Fubbery is a noun.
How do you pronounce fubbery?
Fubbery is pronounced /ˈfʌbəɹi/.

Words near fubbery in the dictionary

  1. FUBARed
  2. fubarite
  3. fubars
  4. fubbed
  5. fubbed off
  6. fubbery
  7. fubbing
  8. fubbing off
  9. fubble
  10. fubbles
  11. fubby

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