† smaikryn.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Mean or contemptible conduct; roguery, trickery.
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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 > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > baseness or moral vileness > conduct
slavery1553
smaikry1573
cullionry1611
basery1614
sluttery1648
blackguardism1777
raffery1819
blackguardry1820
doggery1844
Schweinerei1896
1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 189 Thair febill smaikrie I think ill to tell, With luik lyke Lyounes, and sa lytill done.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 359 When Holieglass is deid and rotten, His smaikrie sall nocht be forgett.
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