incog
adjective
incognita or incognito.
incog
American
[in-kog]
/ ɪnˈkɒg /
adjective
Informal.
incog.
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of incog
First recorded in 1690–1700; by shortening
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"Oh yes, crowned heads even," said Zinka, "and especially Princes of the blood travelling incog."
From 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Ossip Schubin
Soho is always full of the best people dining incog.
From The Parts Men Play by Arthur Beverley Baxter
A parody of the old song should have been selected by the Artist as a motto for the picture:— Lady Simpson has a dog— I don't know its name— Pretty tail has dog, incog.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
Affairs of the heart prosper best in secret, without the aid of meddling or officious outsiders; and for that reason, if for no other, Bowles desired to remain incog.
From Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge
Why, such dreams in red and green Had ne'er before upon the boards of Yankeedom been seen; And my proud name was heralded,—oh that I'd gone incog.
From Second Book of Verse by Eugene Field
Then, after a few months, leave my wife there and travel incog. through Northern Mexico and Texas, meet Mac and George and afterward return to Mexico.
From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Austin Bidwell
"He is incog."; said the very eldest Miss Papaver to Mrs Pirbright.
From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He said decidedly that Alexander had visited the Princess of Wales in London incog.; he mentioned an anecdote which I cannot quite believe, because had it occurred in Paris we must have heard of it.
From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Edward Stanley
"We think we are travelling incog., but our reputation has preceded us."
From In Pastures New by George Ade
We are to suppose that Eswara was at that time incog., and veiled under such a shape as made him unknown to all.
From Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Hargrave Jennings
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