collogue
Americanverb (used without object)
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to confer secretly.
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to plot mischief; conspire.
verb
Etymology
Origin of collogue
First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain
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But he is kind of a friend and a collogue, so he does recommend him, in a non-recommending way.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2024
At night I see the two hold a sort of a collogue abaft the wheel, when I was on my trick at the helm.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. by Various
D'you think I could come marching into James Town and collogue with you in your counting-house?
From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
Whatever you collogue about, all I say is, that I don't like a bone in the same Nanny Peety's body.
From The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
But, Monsieur, no vonder dat you vere collogue, Since selling de contre be now all de vogue, You be but von fool after seventeen rogue.
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by William Ernst Browning
Distinctions of rank were trivial, and gallery held converse with circle, and pit collogued with box.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
After which harangue he collogued amiably with his patient, and said he would come instantly.
From Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
He had spent the morning in the up-stairs library, at the unevadable suggestion of Colonel Graeme, while the colonel and his Roman collogued below.
From Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams
The next instant they were both in custody, and marched back to the prison, charged with the high crime and misdemeanor of conversation, which at Lingmoor was called "colloguing," "conspiracy," and other terrible terms.
From Bred in the Bone by James Payn
He was colloguing with the butcher in the yard a bit since.
From New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune by E. (Edith) Nesbit
"He has been colloguing with you, then, and getting you to say things?"
From The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill by Sir Hall Caine
A sudden, secret, important look, as if he were colloguing with some one vanquished in argument, crossed his face.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree
Jael ran to Little, and told him that villain, who had escaped from Raby Hall, had been in the works colloguing with one of the men.
From Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade
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