"cheatery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːtəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃitəɹi/ [General-American], [-ɾə-] [General-American] Forms: cheateries [plural]
Etymology: From cheat + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cheat|ery}} cheat + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cheatery (countable and uncountable, plural cheateries)
  1. (now rare) Cheating; fraud. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From cheat + -ery.",
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          "ref": "1842, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Honesty”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated (Second Series), London: J[ohn] Hatchard and Son, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 258:",
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          "ref": "1909, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives, page 739:",
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          "ref": "2008 February 27, Sir Benjamin Nunn, “Teh Ghey Premiership Hugs - 23-29022008”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet):",
          "text": "West Ham shouldn't even be in the Premiership, given what happened last season, but to add insult to injury they are now staying where they don't belong once again because of some heinous and blatant cheatery.",
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      "ipa": "[-ɾə-]",
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          "ref": "1909, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives, page 739:",
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  ],
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}

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