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hoodwinkeries

hoodwinkeries is the plural of hoodwinkery.

Meaning of hoodwinkery

Noun

hoodwinkery (countable and uncountable, plural hoodwinkeries)

  1. (informal, uncountable) The process or act of hoodwinking; deception, trickery.
    • This actress is a brilliant comedienne, a mistress of the art of insinuation, extremely skilled in the hoodwinkery of gestures of which Duse was the greatest exponent.1958, George Freedley, The Lunts, Macmillan, page 77
  2. (countable, informal, rare) An instance of hoodwinking; a deception or trick.
    • When a conjurer truly enjoys his work, when he radiates that uncounterfeitable pleasure he derives from doing his mysterious hoodwinkeries, no audience in the world can resist him.1940, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braué, Expert Card Technique, Dover Publications, →ISBN, page 435

Questions about hoodwinkeries

What is hoodwinkeries the plural of?
Hoodwinkeries is the plural of hoodwinkery.

Words near hoodwinkeries in the dictionary

  1. hoodwink
  2. hoodwinkable
  3. hoodwinked
  4. hoodwinkedst
  5. hoodwinker
  6. hoodwinkeries
  7. hoodwinkers
  8. hoodwinkery
  9. hoodwinkest
  10. hoodwinketh
  11. hoodwinking

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