Definition of Duperies

1. dupery [n] - See also: dupery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duperies

duotensors
duotheism
duotheisms
duotheistic
duotone
duotones
duotrigintillionth
duovirus
dup
dupable
dupatta
dupattas
dupe
duped
duper
duperies (current term)
dupers
dupery
dupes
dupiaza
dupiazas
duping
dupion
dupioni
dupions
duplation
duplations
duple
duple time
duplet

Literary usage of Duperies

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

1. The First Forty Years of Washington Society: Portrayed by the Family Letters by Margaret Bayard Smith, Gaillard Hunt (1906)
"... to account as a bolster for their duperies. I shall leave them as heretofore to grope on in the dark. Our family, at Monticello is all in good health. ..."

2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1907)
"In this State, a few persons were deluded by the XYZ duperies. You saw the effect of it in our last Congressional representatives, chosen under their ..."

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"... that the mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights and especially, that the evils flowing from the duperies of the people, ..."

4. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1901)
"Provision is made at each of these places for the regular Circular Drive round the duperies (25-35 M.), which takes about 7-8 hrs.. including halts for ..."

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