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Definition of Decoyer
1. n. One who decoys another.
Definition of Decoyer
1. Noun. One who decoys another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decoyer
1. one that decoys [n -S] - See also: decoys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decoyer
Literary usage of Decoyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"Very different is the case with the decoyer's dog, the piper, so called not from
any vocal powers, but from his use in enticing birds into the pipe. ..."
2. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"The decoyer >ften finds it profitable not to attempt the capture of birds when
they first ... which very seldom euter the pipes of the decoyer. ..."
3. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1902)
"... this decoyer was satisfied with the accommodation he had provided for himself,
and, indeed, such was the attraction of the fun, that, not infrequently, ..."
4. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1912)
"Most people know they cannot get much for little, and yet, when a shrewd decoyer
dangles the bait of much value for little, they are likely to ..."
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