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
Example Sentences
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I'd love to see the Bing Boys bingle, To go to music-halls incog.,
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 by Various
Anyway, here I was, subbin' incog for the reg'lar crew, who was laid up with a sprained ankle.
From On With Torchy by Lincoln, Foster
Thrust home like this, not over-gratified by a manner which seemed to say, 'Listen to an authority,' and desiring to keep an incog.,
From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard
Then handing it to his daughter, and instructing the young girl how to deliver it incog, he despatches her upon her errand.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne
"And throw out—vaguely, of course, very vaguely—that we are swells, but in strict incog."
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James
To-day I dine with Longman to meet Tom Moore, who is living incog. near this Nestor of publishers at Hampstead.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
One of the Irish kings, traveling incog., stopped at the castle of an O'Molly, who, though he knew not the rank of his guest, entertained him with the utmost hospitality.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
This Prince had been for some time in France; and tho' he was incog. by the Name or Title of the Count of Lusatia, he had the Retinue of a King's Son.
Wednesday, we dined at home, and went incog. to the theatre at night, to Murray's box; the pieces admirably done, and M'Ian in the Two Drovers quite wonderful and most affecting.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
Deputies from the other forts and dependencies of this rajah had witnessed the siege incog., and were no doubt in camp when the explosion took place.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
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