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patcheries

patcheries is the plural of patchery.

Meaning of patchery

Noun (1)

patchery (uncountable)

  1. Hypocrisy; trickery.
    • Thersites: Here is ſuch patchery, ſuch juggling and ſuch knavery!c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. That which is thrown or sown together usually clumsily or with different color and textures, like patchwork.
    • [The Clergy] find all that is absolutely requisite, provided in some way or other; they succeed in feeding, clothing, and educating their children, and live in sufficient comfort not to feel the ridicule which belong to dilapidation and patchery.1856, Henry Mason Baum, “The Ministry a Pleasant Work”, in The Church Review., page 532

Noun (2)

patchery (plural patcheries)

  1. (India, UK, historical) Living quarters for married soldiers.

Questions about patcheries

What is patcheries the plural of?
Patcheries is the plural of patchery.

Words near patcheries in the dictionary

  1. Patchen
  2. Patchens
  3. patcher
  4. patcheree
  5. patcherees
  6. patcheries
  7. patcherries
  8. patcherry
  9. patchers
  10. patchery
  11. patches

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