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Webster 1913 Edition
Ropery
Rop′er-y
,Noun.
1.
A place where ropes are made.
2.
Tricks deserving the halter; roguery.
[Obs.]
“Saucy merchant . . . so full of his ropery.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ropery
RO'PERY
,Noun.
1.
A place where ropes are made. [Not used in the United States.]2.
A trick that deserves the halter.