† scutcheryn.
Obsolete.
Knavery. (Chiefly in Nashe.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [noun]
truandise?c1225
lorelshipc1380
truantry1426
coquineryc1430
loselry1480
loonery?a1513
palliardrya1522
truanting1532
patchingc1535
foul play1546
patchery?1553
slavery1553
palliardy1568
smaikry1573
roguishness1579
rascality1582
roguery1594
scutchery1594
ropery1599
cullionry1611
scoundrelism1611
friponnerie1708
rascalism1837
scoundreldom1837
rascaldom1851
scoundrelship1856
rascalry1868
scallywaggery1897
scallywagism1897
scallywagging1915
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun]
truandise?c1225
lorelshipc1380
truantry1426
coquineryc1430
loselry1480
loonery?a1513
palliardrya1522
truanting1532
patchingc1535
patchery?1553
palliardy1568
roguishness1579
rascality1582
roguery1594
scutchery1594
ropery1599
scoundrelism1611
roguinga1625
friponnerie1708
rascalism1837
scoundreldom1837
scamphood1845
rascaldom1851
scoundrelship1856
rascalry1868
scallywaggery1897
scallywagism1897
scallywagging1915
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4 Yet left I not here, but committed a little more scutcherie.
1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night E iij b Now that he [Senior Sathan] is thoroughly steeled in his scutcherie he playes aboue boord boldly.
1595 ‘J. Dando’ & ‘H. Runt’ Maroccus Extaticus sig. C2v His priuate scutcherie wounds not the commonwealth farther than that his whoore shall haue a house rent free.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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