"trickeration" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trickerations [plural]
Etymology: trickery + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|trickery|ation}} trickery + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun}} trickeration (plural trickerations)
  1. (colloquial, humorous, dialect) Trickery. Tags: colloquial, dialectal, humorous
    Sense id: en-trickeration-en-noun-d35kPElN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation

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