swindlery en · NOUN
Etymology
From swindle + -ery.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Swindling; trickery.
Swindlery and Blackguardism
1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (The Paper Age), page 49:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| swindleries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |