dodgery

dodgery

(ˈdɒdʒərɪ)
n
the use of deception or trickery
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Translations

dodgery

n (= trick)Kniff m, → Trick m; (= fib)Schwindel m
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References in classic literature ?
'Now, old 'un!' cried Fascination, in his light raillery, 'what dodgery are you up to next, sitting there with your eyes shut?
It is this, quite as much as any offense his artful dodgery may have caused the local martial tradition, that explains the persistence of the issue.