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
Example Sentences
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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
But come, you make me only the more earnest to collogue with you.
From Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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 Carleton, William
If they want to collogue an’ palaver, why don’t they go som’ers else?”
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various
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 Browning, William Ernst
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 Zangwill, Israel
After which harangue he collogued amiably with his patient, and said he would come instantly.
From Ghetto Comedies by Zangwill, Israel
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 Adams, Samuel Hopkins
I’m no prepared to say that I could catch a’ their colloguing, but I got enough to set me thinkin’.
From Graham of Claverhouse by Maclaren, Ian
As the family were sitting at breakfast Sweeny's voice was heard in the veranda outside, "colloguing" with another voice which seemed familiar.
From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
In the shade of the great sails, we stood or sat about, and our decks showed an unusual animation in the groups of men colloguing earnestly—strangers met by the way.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
Betty went so far as to accuse her of colloguing with him against Alfred, and of "setting her cap at master," which accusation elicited no direct reply, but stinging innuendoes hours after.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
What should they do else, after colloguing with their young men all night?
From The Long Vacation by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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