fubbery

English

Etymology

From fub +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfʌbəɹi/

Noun

fubbery (uncountable)

(obsolete) Cheating; deception.
- c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii:
  O no, but dreame the moſt fantaſticall: O heauen: O fubbery, fubbery.

Further reading

“fubbery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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