peddlery en · NOUN
Etymology
From peddler + -y.
Meanings
- (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The trade or goods of a peddler.
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) trickery
[...] may at one time or other looke with a good judgement into these their deceitfull Pedleries,
1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC, page 54:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pedlery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| peddleries | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pedlary | alternative | lexicographic |