michery

English

Etymology

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Noun

michery (plural micheries)

(obsolete) Theft; cheating.

References

michery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Middle English

Noun

michery (plural micherys)

michery
- c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, OCLC 827099568:
  She said him, that she wolde have
  Upon the nightes michery
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