fubbery

English

Etymology

From fub +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌbəɹi/

Noun

fubbery (uncountable)

1. (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.