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Definition of Fubbery
1. n. Cheating; deception.
Definition of Fubbery
1. Noun. (archaic) cheating; deception ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fubbery
1. a deception [n FUBBERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fubbery
Literary usage of Fubbery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"O, no ; but dream the most fantastical 1 0 heaven ! О fubbery, fubbery ! ^ Pietro.
Dream ! What dream'st ? «• Mai. Why, methinks I see that signier pawn ..."
2. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"How do'st spend the night? I hear thou. never sleep'st. Malevole. O no; but dream
the most fantastical: O heaven! O fubbery ..."
3. The Works of John Webster by John Webster, Alexander Dyce (1830)
"PIETRO. How dost spend the night ? I hear thou never sleepest. MAL. O no ; hut
dream the most fantastical! O heaven ! O fubbery ..."
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