coney-catchingn.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊnɪˌkatʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊniˌkɛtʃɪŋ/

Forms: see coney n.¹ and catching n.

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

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

Now archaic or historical.

1. Swindling, cheating; trickery, deception.See note at coney-catcher n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action

bulling1532

cogging1570

cozening1576

coney-catching1591

fool-taking1592

gulling1600

bat-fowling1602

sharking1602

imposturing1618

mountebanking1672

shamming1677

sharping1692

fineering1765

overreachinga1774

pigeoning1808

flat-catching1821

thimble-shifting1834

thimblerigging1839

strawing1851

thimbling1857

fiddling1884

piking1884

ramping1891

1591 R. Greene (title) The Second and last part of Conny-Catching.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 38 Come, you are so full of conicatching.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 346 Subtilty, cunnycatching, knauery..carries all away.

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. N5 Cheats who liv'd by conicatching.

1772 S. Paterson Joineriana II. 96 When youth and inexperience were to be the dupes of designing knaves, during the two last centuries, it was called, the Art of Coney-catching.

1839 R. F. Williams Youth of Shakspeare I. xxxi. 344 Prythee have done with thy coney-catching; I am not to be so caught my young master.

2006 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Sept. 42 Face, in whose master's house the cony-catching takes place, assumes the role of a captain.

†2. The action of associating with prostitutes, whoring. Cf. cunny n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women

whore-playa1325

whoring1530

whore-huntinga1533

whoremonging1549

palliardy1568

queanry1568

queaning1569

harloting1575

wenching1590

whorism1598

coney-catching1616

whoremastery1618

woman palaver1803

molrowing1860

whorehopping1916

1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer ii. sig. C3 Now am I in quest of some vaulting house. I would faine spend these crownes, as I got them, in cony-catching.

1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xi. 10 Being almost Drunk, their Brains ran on Coney-Catching.

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

coney-catchingadj.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊnɪˌkatʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊniˌkɛtʃɪŋ/

Forms: see coney n.¹ and catching adj.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coney n.¹, catching adj.; coney-catch v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: Either (i) < coney n.¹ + catching adj., after coney-catcher n., coney-catching n., or (ii) < coney-catch v. + -ing suffix².

Now archaic or historical.

That swindles, cheats, tricks, or deceives.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] > swindling

coney-catching1594

mountebanking1602

skeldering1602

sharping1691

victimizing1834

piking1893

1594 Remembrancia in Coll. Malone Soc. (1907) I. i. 75 All vagrant persons & maisterles men that hang about the Citie,..whoremoongers, coozeners, connycatching persones, practizers of treason & such other lyke.

1606 No-body & Some-body sig. G4 These Cunnicatching knaues, woulde haue made lesse than Nobody of him.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 117 Your cony-catching Rascalls, Bardolf, Nym, and Pistoll.

1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 21 The most..Conycatching Art of Astrologie.

1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times II. 115 A Brace of Cony-Catching Impostors.

1705 K. D'Anvers Gen. Abridgm. Common Law I. 100 If one Man says to another,..Thou art a Coney-catching, Cheating Thief, an Action lies for these words.

1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. i. 29 The mother..no longer feared the coney-catching neighbour.

1901 Cosmopolitan Dec. 154/1 My Lord cursed him for a deer-stealing, coney-catching Warwickshire lout.

1964 ‘A. Burgess’ Nothing Like the Sun 84 The pen must race at once, over a growling belly, through the first pages of some new coney-catching pamphlet.

2005 16th Cent. Jrnl. 36 1226 Sixteenth-century rogue pamphlets portray cony-catching gangs as mirrors of legitimate social organizations.

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

单词	coney-catching
释义	coney-catchingn. Brit. /ˈkəʊnɪˌkatʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊniˌkɛtʃɪŋ/ Forms: see coney n.¹ and catching n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coney n.¹, catching n. Etymology: < coney n.¹ + catching n. Compare coney-catcher n. and slightly later coney-catching adj., coney-catch v. Now archaic or historical. 1. Swindling, cheating; trickery, deception.See note at coney-catcher n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action bulling1532 cogging1570 cozening1576 coney-catching1591 fool-taking1592 gulling1600 bat-fowling1602 sharking1602 imposturing1618 mountebanking1672 shamming1677 sharping1692 fineering1765 overreachinga1774 pigeoning1808 flat-catching1821 thimble-shifting1834 thimblerigging1839 strawing1851 thimbling1857 fiddling1884 piking1884 ramping1891 1591 R. Greene (title) The Second and last part of Conny-Catching. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 38 Come, you are so full of conicatching. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 346 Subtilty, cunnycatching, knauery..carries all away. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. N5 Cheats who liv'd by conicatching. 1772 S. Paterson Joineriana II. 96 When youth and inexperience were to be the dupes of designing knaves, during the two last centuries, it was called, the Art of Coney-catching. 1839 R. F. Williams Youth of Shakspeare I. xxxi. 344 Prythee have done with thy coney-catching; I am not to be so caught my young master. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Sept. 42 Face, in whose master's house the cony-catching takes place, assumes the role of a captain. †2. The action of associating with prostitutes, whoring. Cf. cunny n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women whore-playa1325 whoring1530 whore-huntinga1533 whoremonging1549 palliardy1568 queanry1568 queaning1569 harloting1575 wenching1590 whorism1598 coney-catching1616 whoremastery1618 woman palaver1803 molrowing1860 whorehopping1916 1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer ii. sig. C3 Now am I in quest of some vaulting house. I would faine spend these crownes, as I got them, in cony-catching. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. xi. 10 Being almost Drunk, their Brains ran on Coney-Catching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). coney-catchingadj. Brit. /ˈkəʊnɪˌkatʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊniˌkɛtʃɪŋ/ Forms: see coney n.¹ and catching adj. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coney n.¹, catching adj.; coney-catch v., -ing suffix². Etymology: Either (i) < coney n.¹ + catching adj., after coney-catcher n., coney-catching n., or (ii) < coney-catch v. + -ing suffix². Now archaic or historical. That swindles, cheats, tricks, or deceives. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] > swindling coney-catching1594 mountebanking1602 skeldering1602 sharping1691 victimizing1834 piking1893 1594 Remembrancia in Coll. Malone Soc. (1907) I. i. 75 All vagrant persons & maisterles men that hang about the Citie,..whoremoongers, coozeners, connycatching persones, practizers of treason & such other lyke. 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. G4 These Cunnicatching knaues, woulde haue made lesse than Nobody of him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 117 Your cony-catching Rascalls, Bardolf, Nym, and Pistoll. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 21 The most..Conycatching Art of Astrologie. 1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times II. 115 A Brace of Cony-Catching Impostors. 1705 K. D'Anvers Gen. Abridgm. Common Law I. 100 If one Man says to another,..Thou art a Coney-catching, Cheating Thief, an Action lies for these words. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. i. 29 The mother..no longer feared the coney-catching neighbour. 1901 Cosmopolitan Dec. 154/1 My Lord cursed him for a deer-stealing, coney-catching Warwickshire lout. 1964 ‘A. Burgess’ Nothing Like the Sun 84 The pen must race at once, over a growling belly, through the first pages of some new coney-catching pamphlet. 2005 16th Cent. Jrnl. 36 1226 Sixteenth-century rogue pamphlets portray cony-catching gangs as mirrors of legitimate social organizations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1591adj.1594
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