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Definition of Fibbery
1. the habit of fibbing [n FIBBERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibbery
Literary usage of Fibbery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Fez (Harrow), the tasselled cap worn by members of a football eleven. A member
of that society. fibbery (thieves), lying. From "fib. ..."
2. Luther in Light of Recent Research by Heinrich Boehmer, William Koepchen (1916)
"... we must always count with the possibility that he is indulging a little in
fibbery or is lying outright. This witness is therefore worthless. ..."
3. Another Book on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1915)
"It is merely dull. xxn THE NINETY-AND-NINE The American drama is reared upon a
foundation of four F's: fibbery, falsity, flattery and flimflam. ..."
4. Vignettes of San Francisco by Almira Bailey (1921)
"I like the Irish but his cheerful fibbery was the last straw and I went home.
The next day my friends called up and said that they had a marine view for me. ..."
5. The Boy's Yearly Book by John Tillotson (1867)
"... it "quotes" its accounts, and now in soft insinuating tones, and now with big
bluster, turns its pennies into pounds under the magic wand of fibbery. ..."
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