Definition of Decoyers

1. Noun. (plural of decoyer) ¹

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Definition of Decoyers

1. decoyer [n] - See also: decoyer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decoyers

decouplable
decouple
decoupled
decoupler
decouplers
decouples
decoupling
decouplings
decourous
decoy
decoy-duck
decoy-ducks
decoy cells
decoyed
decoyer
decoyers (current term)
decoying
decoyman
decoymen
decoys
decrease
decreased
decreaseless
decreaser
decreasers
decreases
decreasest

Literary usage of Decoyers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian North-west: Its History and Its Troubles, from the Early Days by Graeme Mercer Adam (1885)
"The part played by tlic decoyers was that of approaching them within hearing, and then bellowing like themselves. On hearing the noise, the oxen did not ..."

2. The Canadian North-west: Its History and Its Troubles from the Early Days of by Graeme Mercer Adam (1885)
"The part played liy the decoyers was that of approaching them within ... This was reiterated until the leaders of the herd had followed the decoyers into ..."

3. Travels & Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories Between the Years by Alexander Henry (1901)
"The part, played by the decoyers, was that of approaching them within hearing, and then bellowing like themselves. On hearing the noise, the oxen did not ..."

4. Trailmakers of the Northwest by Paul Leland Haworth (1921)
"This was reiterated till the leaders of the herd had followed the decoyers into the jaws of the pound, which, though wide asunder toward the plain, ..."

5. Trails of the Pathfinders by George Bird Grinnell (1911)
"This was reiterated till the leaders of the herd had followed the decoyers into the jaws of the pound, which, though wide asunder toward the plain, ..."

6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1794)
"... but in general he is fo much taken up with his decoyers, as to attend very little to any thing elfe. In cafe of accidents, however, ..."

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