coggery

English

Etymology

From cog +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɡəɹi/

Noun

coggery (countable and uncountable, plural coggeries)

1. (obsolete) trick; deception
   • a. 1603, William Watson, A Decacordon of Ten Quodlibeticall Questions:

     Therefore can I not but often smile in my sleeue to heare and see the Iesuits coggery in euery thing […]