"snookery" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From snooker + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|snooker|-y|id2=adjectival}} snooker + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} snookery (not comparable)
  1. Characterized by or resembling the game of snooker. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-snookery-en-adj-sKVoHJ1S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 52 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: snookeries [plural]
Etymology: From snooker + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|snooker|-ery}} snooker + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} snookery (plural snookeries)
  1. A place where snooker is played.
    Sense id: en-snookery-en-noun-cUUg8BAr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 52 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 40 50 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: snookeries [plural]
Etymology: From snooker (“to fool or bamboozle”) + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|snooker|-ery|t1=to fool or bamboozle}} snooker (“to fool or bamboozle”) + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} snookery (countable and uncountable, plural snookeries)
  1. (rare) Trickery. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-snookery-en-noun-d35kPElN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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