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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1638
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Rogry, -ie, n. [e.m.E. roguery (1596); Roge n.] Deplorable behaviour; misconduct; dishonesty. — 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 27.
Why should not such hulcerous phisters be bard and tented & rogry striped naked 1638 Dumbarton B. Rec. 55.
He saw nothing but rogrie, opressioun, unlaw, and casting out of the servands of God in thir plaices
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