forgettery

American  

[fer-get-uh-ree] / fərˈgɛt ə ri /

noun

1. a faculty or facility for forgetting; faulty memory.

   a witness with a very convenient forgettery.

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Etymology

Origin of forgettery

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; forget + -ery

Example Sentences

Americans are usually gentler and more metaphorical than some other peoples in consigning their public figures to forgettery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hoffa himself never took the Fifth, but he displayed what one Senator called "the best forgettery of anyone I have ever known."

From Time Magazine Archive

On too rare occasions, the newsmakers themselves step before the cameras: Kefauver dueling with a faceless Frank Costello, John McClellan patiently at work on Teamster Jimmy Hoffa and his voluble forgettery.

From Time Magazine Archive

"That's all right; Betty has an excellent forgettery."

From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold

I never put anything on paper—you're the man that does that—and if the Interstate Commerce people should break in, I'd have the best little forgettery of any clock-watcher in the works.

From Branded by Lynde, Francis