Meanings
nountregetry (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountabletrickery; a trick
For I did hem a tregetry, But thereof yeve I a little tale
c. 1360s (date written), Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Romaunt of the Rose”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC1 more example
He was still staring at the coin. I indulged in a bit of tregetry, rolling it from knuckle to knuckle […]
1999, Alan Gordon, Thirteenth Night, page 66
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