felonry
Americannoun
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felons collectively
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(formerly) the convict population of a penal colony, esp in Australia
Etymology
Origin of felonry
Example Sentences
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Mudie, `Felonry of New South Wales,' p. vii.:
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His descriptions of the "felonry"—a cutting term devised by himself, are grotesque and amusing.
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Page 149, for "Macarthur's New South Wales," read "Mudie's Felonry."
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Albert Benbow, who for years had been hearing about the brilliant funniness of the American Consul at these dinners, was so flattered by his Felonry that he would have been ready to put the letters S P F after his name.
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Though he, too, dreamed of the Felons’ Dinner as a repast really worth eating, though he wanted to be a Felon, and considered that he ought to be a Felon, and wondered why he was not already a Felon, he repeatedly assured Albert that Felonry was not for him.
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