ROPERY

Etymology

Noun

ropery (countable and uncountable, plural roperies)

(obsolete) Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.

A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.

Source: Wiktionary


Rop"er*y, n.

1. A place where ropes are made.

2. Tricks deserving the halter; roguery. [Obs.] "Saucy merchant . . . so full of his ropery." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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