"cheatery" meaning in English

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Noun

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
    Sense id: en-cheatery-en-noun-ryPR1nCG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "cheat",
        "3": "ery"
      },
      "expansion": "cheat + -ery",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cheat + -ery.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cheateries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "cheatery (countable and uncountable, plural cheateries)",
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    }
  ],
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    "cheat‧e‧ry"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives, page 739",
          "text": "It is not only possible, but probable , that we are going to have more of the political cheatery of which the honorable member spoke. Is he going to perpetuate this cheatery, and cheat the workers again?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Cheating; fraud."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃiːtəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃitəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾə-]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheatery"
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cheat + -ery.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cheateries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "cheatery (countable and uncountable, plural cheateries)",
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  ],
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
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        {
          "ref": "1909, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives, page 739",
          "text": "It is not only possible, but probable , that we are going to have more of the political cheatery of which the honorable member spoke. Is he going to perpetuate this cheatery, and cheat the workers again?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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        "(now rare) Cheating; fraud."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃiːtəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃitəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾə-]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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