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
It sufficed for him to recognize her, as men, without start or surprise, absolutely and infallibly do recognize and collogue with the creatures of their delirium.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
From Silas Marner by Eliot, George
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
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
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
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
Perhaps we were too reckless in our open colloguing in the Lobby.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 by Various
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 Payn, James
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
“For last night, when you were fast asleep, I heard the man colloguing with some one in the French, and then the door of that inn to be opened and shut.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
In pairs, colloguing as we go, we mount the jetty steps and find a way to the conference-room.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
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