† prowleryn.

Forms: 1600s proulery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prowler n., -y suffix³.

Etymology: < prowler n. + -y suffix³.

Obsolete. rare.

The action or practice of a prowler; a dishonest or fraudulent scheme or action, a swindle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]

defraudc1450

defraudationc1503

fraudingc1530

defrauding1548

cheateryc1555

cheatingc1555

versing1591

begeckc1600

sharking1602

shaving1606

rooking1635

defraudment1645

emunging1664

prowlerya1670

bilking1687

sharping1692

mace1742

fineering1765

swindling1769

highway robbery1777

macing1811

flat-catching1821

ramping1830

swindlery1833

rigging1846

diddlinga1849

suck-in1856

daylight robbery1863

cooking1873

bunco-steering1875

chousing1881

fiddling1884

verneukery1896

padding1900

verneukering1900

bobol1907

swizzle1913

ramp1915

swizz1915

chizzing1948

tweedling1975

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 51 Before the month of March expir'd, thirty-seven monopolies, with other sharking prouleries, were decried in one proclamation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	prowlery
释义	† prowleryn. Forms: 1600s proulery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prowler n., -y suffix³. Etymology: < prowler n. + -y suffix³. Obsolete. rare. The action or practice of a prowler; a dishonest or fraudulent scheme or action, a swindle. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] defraudc1450 defraudationc1503 fraudingc1530 defrauding1548 cheateryc1555 cheatingc1555 versing1591 begeckc1600 sharking1602 shaving1606 rooking1635 defraudment1645 emunging1664 prowlerya1670 bilking1687 sharping1692 mace1742 fineering1765 swindling1769 highway robbery1777 macing1811 flat-catching1821 ramping1830 swindlery1833 rigging1846 diddlinga1849 suck-in1856 daylight robbery1863 cooking1873 bunco-steering1875 chousing1881 fiddling1884 verneukery1896 padding1900 verneukering1900 bobol1907 swizzle1913 ramp1915 swizz1915 chizzing1948 tweedling1975 a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 51 Before the month of March expir'd, thirty-seven monopolies, with other sharking prouleries, were decried in one proclamation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1670
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