"cony-catch" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cony-catches [present, singular, third-person], cony-catching [participle, present], cony-caught [participle, past], cony-caught [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from cony-catcher. Head templates: {{en-verb|cony-catches|cony-catching|cony-caught}} cony-catch (third-person singular simple present cony-catches, present participle cony-catching, simple past and past participle cony-caught)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To trick, cheat. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: conicatch [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-cony-catch-en-verb-PdDdUyxZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1604 (date written), Tho[mas] Dekker, [Thomas Middleton], The Honest Whore. […] (4th quarto), London: […] Nicholas Okes for Robert Basse, […], published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, signature B2, recto:",
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