Meanings
present singular third person renigs · participle present renigging · participle past renigged · past renigged
- UScolloquialdatedTo renege.
[…] but so far the girls have at the fatal moment renigged.
1916, Phi Alpha Gamma Quarterly, volume 15, number 2, page 412 more examples
My partner held the winning trick, and when the last card was on the board the score stood four to four. […] [T]he next gentleman will kindly follow suit — there is no renigging in this game — and the gentleman on my right will do the same.
1897, Munsey's Magazine, volume 16, page 559[…] cutting, shuffling, playing, revoking, discarding, renigging.
1900, William Hardcastle Browne, Odd Derivations of Words, Phrases, Slang, Synonyms and Proverbs
Origin
Originally a misspelling of renege.
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