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scuggery

scuggery noun: dishonest behaviour; criminal conduct; villainy.

Noun

scuggery (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, rare) Dishonest behaviour; criminal conduct; villainy
    • The exposure is rich, racy and instructive. It fully corroborates all the statements of corruption, rascality and "scuggery" made by Professor Turner in his recently published report, and will convince the public that the corruption of the recent legislature of Illinois has not one-half been told.1867, One of the "ring", “Document Number 20 History of the Champaign "Elephant"”, in The Movement for Industrial Education and the Establishment of the University 1840-1870 (Semi-Centennial History...
    • "When I'm boss of this dormitory I'll stop that sort of scuggery." // "Scuggery" was a Whyborough word used to indicate anything unsportsmanlike.1923, Archibald Marshall, Jimmy the New Boy, Frederick A. Stokes Co., page 33

Forms of scuggery

alternative formskuggery

Origin of scuggery

From scug + -ery.

Questions about scuggery

What does scuggery mean?
Scuggery means dishonest behaviour; criminal conduct; villainy.
What part of speech is scuggery?
Scuggery is a noun.

Words near scuggery in the dictionary

  1. scuftering
  2. scufters
  3. scufts
  4. scug
  5. scugged
  6. scuggery
  7. scugging
  8. Scugog
  9. scugs
  10. Scuka
  11. Scukas

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