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tregetry

tregetry noun: trickery; a trick.

Noun

tregetry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) trickery; a trick
    • For I did hem a tregetry,
      But thereof yeve I a little talec. 1360s (date written), Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Romaunt of the Rose”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard...
    • He was still staring at the coin. I indulged in a bit of tregetry, rolling it from knuckle to knuckle […]1999, Alan Gordon, Thirteenth Night, page 66

Questions about tregetry

What does tregetry mean?
Tregetry means trickery; a trick.
What part of speech is tregetry?
Tregetry is a noun.

Words near tregetry in the dictionary

  1. Tregenna
  2. Tregennas
  3. treget
  4. tregetour
  5. tregetours
  6. tregetry
  7. treggings
  8. Treglia
  9. Treglias
  10. Treglown
  11. Treglowns

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