† fourberyn.
Obsolete.
A piece of deception; a fraud, trick, imposture.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > instance of
braida1000
fraudc1374
mock1523
brogue1537
flim-flamc1538
imposture1548
lie1560
cozening1576
smoke-hole1580
gullery1598
gull1600
cog1602
coggery1602
fraudulency1630
imposition1632
cheat1649
fourbery1650
prestige1656
sham1677
crimp1684
bite1711
humbug1750
swindle1778
hookum-snivey1781
shim-sham1797
gag1805
intake1808
racket1819
wooden nutmeg1822
sell1838
caper1851
skin game1879
Kaffir bargain1899
swizzle1913
swizz1915
put-on1919
ready-up1924
rort1926
jack-up1945
1650 J. Howell Instr. Forren Travell (new ed.) viii. 58 Young Travellers must be cautious..to avoyd one kind of Furbery or cheat, whereunto many are subiect.
1690 Secr. Hist. Chas. II & Jas. II Pref. sig. A ijv Let all the world judg of the Furberies and Tyranny of those times.
1737 H. Fielding Hist. Reg. 1736 iii. 27 This, Sir, I think is a very pretty Pantomime Trick, and an ingenious Burlesque on all the Fourberies which the great Lun has exhibited in all his Entertainments.
1856 W. H. Smyth Descr. Catal. Roman Family Coins 165 Alessandro had a strong vein of fourberie in ancient matters.]
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