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Webster 1913 Edition


Cony-catch

Co′ny-catch

,
Verb.
T.
To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
[Obs.]
Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be
cony-catched
in the this business.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Cony-catch

CONY-CATCH

,
Verb.
I.
[cony and catch.] In the cant of thieves, to cheat; to bite; to trick.

Definition 2024


cony-catch

cony-catch

English

Alternative forms

  • conicatch (obsolete)

Verb

cony-catch (third-person singular simple present cony-catches, present participle cony-catching, simple past and past participle cony-caught)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To trick, cheat.

Usage notes

  • Shakespeare used cony-catched as a past tense.