What does coggery mean?
Coggery means (obsolete) trick; deception.
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/ˈkɒɡəɹi/ · noun
(obsolete) trick; deception.
Therefore can I not but often smile in my sleeue to heare and see the Iesuits coggery in euery thing […]
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Coggery means (obsolete) trick; deception.
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Therefore can I not but often smile in my sleeue to heare and see the Iesuits coggery in euery thing […]
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