Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Deceit; cheating; fraud.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. & R. Deceit; fraud; imposition.
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- noun Alternative form of
supercherie .
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word superchery
JM suspects all super cheery superchery.
February 16, 2011
Gammerstang commented on the word superchery
(noun) - (1) Deceit; cheating; an old word of French origin.
--Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, c. 1850
(2) Foul play; an injurie, wrong, affront, bravado.
--Randle Cotgrave's Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, 1611
January 22, 2018