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† ˈroguy, a. Obs. Also 6–7 roguie, 7–8 roguey. [f. rogue n. + -y1.] 1. = roguish a. 1 and 1 b.
1598Marston Sco. Villanie Prol. 167 Goe buy..some roguie thing, That thou maist chaunt unto the chamber⁓maid. 1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair i. iv, The blacke boy in Bucklers-bury, that takes the scurvy, roguy tobacco, there. 1621Fletcher Pilgrim iii. i, If I had open'd this when it was given me, This Roguy Box. 1680R. L'Estrange Answ. to Litter of Libels 6 Discoursing the Roguy Contrivances that were made use of for the gaining of Subscriptions to a Petition. 2. = roguish a. 2.
c1610Middleton, etc. Widow iii. ii, To light upon a roguy flight of thieves. 1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low-C. Wars v. 131 A few men of the poorest roguey sort of Hereticks. 1680Crowne Misery Civ. War i. i, A roguy Lawyer Will ruine all again with a meer quirk. 1707E. Filmer Defence Plays 35 Keep those roguy Players at Arm's length. 1712–3Swift Jrnl. to Stella 14 Mar., I doubt I shall not buy the library; for a roguey bookseller has offered sixty pounds more than I designed to give. 3. = roguish a. 3.
1664Cotton Scarron. i. Wks. (1715) 47 [This Cupid would] do a Thousand Roguy Tricks. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables i. lxxiv. (1714) 90 A Shepherd's Boy had gotten a Roguy Trick of crying a Wolfe. a1704T. Brown Lett. to Gent. & Ladies Wks. 1709 III. ii. 91 My dear Child, thou hast a smiling roguy Air. |