ROPERY


Meaning of ROPERY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrō-p(ə-)rē ]

noun

Etymology: probably from the thought that the perpetrator deserved the gallows

Date: 1592

archaic : roguish tricks or banter

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