coney-catchv.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊnɪˌkatʃ/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊniˌkɛtʃ/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle coney-caught, coney-catched;

Forms: see coney n.¹ and catch v.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coney n.¹, catch v.

Etymology: < coney n.¹ + catch v., after coney-catcher n., coney-catching n. Compare coney-catching adj.

Now archaic or historical.

To swindle, cheat; to trick, dupe, deceive.

a. transitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)]

deceivec1330

defraud1362

falsec1374

abuse?a1439

fraud1563

visure1570

cozen1583

coney-catch1592

to fetch in1592

cheat1597

sell1607

mountebanka1616

dabc1616

nigglea1625

to put it on1625

shuffle1627

cuckold1644

to put a cheat on1649

tonya1652

fourbe1654

imposturea1659

impose1662

slur1664

knap1665

to pass upon (also on)1673

snub1694

ferret1699

nab1706

shool1745

humbug1750

gag1777

gudgeon1787

kid1811

bronze1817

honeyfuggle1829

Yankee1837

middle1863

fuck1866

fake1867

skunk1867

dead-beat1888

gold-brick1893

slicker1897

screw1900

to play it1901

to do in1906

game1907

gaff1934

scalp1939

sucker1939

sheg1943

swizz1961

butt-fuck1979

1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. C3^v The Alewife vnlesse she..Conny-catch her guestes with stone Pottes and petty Cannes, can hardly pay her Brewer.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. i. 91 Take heede signior Baptista, least you be coni-catcht in this businesse.

1643 T. F. (title) The cony-catching bride: who, after she was privately married in a conventicle or chamber..: she saved her selfe very handsomely from being coney-caught.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 89 There is no doubt but you are Conny-catch't.

1711 Poor Robin sig. A4 Mrs. Dainty-Chops was scurvily Cony-catch'd by marrying a Capon instead of a Cock of the Game.

1895 W. G. Zeigler It was Marlowe 201 The world so conycatched that only after an interval of 300 years doth it see clearly.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress v. 86 It needs suasion, cousin, specious arguments; butter 'em, tickle 'em, conycatch 'em.

1987 H. Levin Playboys & Killjoys (1988) iv. 42 His gulls behave so foolishly that they..deserve to be coney-caught by his knaves.

1998 P. F. Chisholm Plague of Angels (2000) 205 Lead weighs less than gold. Look how thin mine is, how much it weighs. You were coneycatched.

b. intransitive.

ΚΠ

1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. E4^v Blest be the French sleeues & breach verdingales, that grants them liberty to connycatch so mightily.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 29 I must cheat, I must cony-catch.

a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. G3 I'll teach thee to conycatch too when I come into Norfolk.

1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 312 Who knows not Fortune, glutted on easy thrones. Stealing from feasts as rare to coneycatch, Privily in the hedgerows for a clown.

1998 P. F. Chisholm Plague of Angels (2000) 205 But what if they were coney-catching?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coney-catch
释义	coney-catchv. Brit. /ˈkəʊnɪˌkatʃ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊniˌkɛtʃ/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle coney-caught, coney-catched; Forms: see coney n.¹ and catch v. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coney n.¹, catch v. Etymology: < coney n.¹ + catch v., after coney-catcher n., coney-catching n. Compare coney-catching adj. Now archaic or historical. To swindle, cheat; to trick, dupe, deceive. a. transitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] deceivec1330 defraud1362 falsec1374 abuse?a1439 fraud1563 visure1570 cozen1583 coney-catch1592 to fetch in1592 cheat1597 sell1607 mountebanka1616 dabc1616 nigglea1625 to put it on1625 shuffle1627 cuckold1644 to put a cheat on1649 tonya1652 fourbe1654 imposturea1659 impose1662 slur1664 knap1665 to pass upon (also on)1673 snub1694 ferret1699 nab1706 shool1745 humbug1750 gag1777 gudgeon1787 kid1811 bronze1817 honeyfuggle1829 Yankee1837 middle1863 fuck1866 fake1867 skunk1867 dead-beat1888 gold-brick1893 slicker1897 screw1900 to play it1901 to do in1906 game1907 gaff1934 scalp1939 sucker1939 sheg1943 swizz1961 butt-fuck1979 1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. C3^v The Alewife vnlesse she..Conny-catch her guestes with stone Pottes and petty Cannes, can hardly pay her Brewer. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. i. 91 Take heede signior Baptista, least you be coni-catcht in this businesse. View more context for this quotation 1643 T. F. (title) The cony-catching bride: who, after she was privately married in a conventicle or chamber..: she saved her selfe very handsomely from being coney-caught. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 89 There is no doubt but you are Conny-catch't. 1711 Poor Robin sig. A4 Mrs. Dainty-Chops was scurvily Cony-catch'd by marrying a Capon instead of a Cock of the Game. 1895 W. G. Zeigler It was Marlowe 201 The world so conycatched that only after an interval of 300 years doth it see clearly. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress v. 86 It needs suasion, cousin, specious arguments; butter 'em, tickle 'em, conycatch 'em. 1987 H. Levin Playboys & Killjoys (1988) iv. 42 His gulls behave so foolishly that they..deserve to be coney-caught by his knaves. 1998 P. F. Chisholm Plague of Angels (2000) 205 Lead weighs less than gold. Look how thin mine is, how much it weighs. You were coneycatched. b. intransitive. ΚΠ 1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. E4^v Blest be the French sleeues & breach verdingales, that grants them liberty to connycatch so mightily. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 29 I must cheat, I must cony-catch. a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. G3 I'll teach thee to conycatch too when I come into Norfolk. 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 312 Who knows not Fortune, glutted on easy thrones. Stealing from feasts as rare to coneycatch, Privily in the hedgerows for a clown. 1998 P. F. Chisholm Plague of Angels (2000) 205 But what if they were coney-catching? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1592
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