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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1685-1688
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Cheatry, n. [e.m.E. chetory (1532), mod. Eng. cheatery, but more freq. in Sc. use.] The practice of cheating. — (1685) Fountainhall Dec. Session I. 359.
To stand there … with a paper on their breasts, bearing their cheatry, falshood, and unfaithfulness to their trust 1688 Scott Hist. Name of Scot (1776) 39.
In every science there is some cheatry
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