trumperies
- plural of trumpery.
Example Sentences
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You have got all our copra on board, and a good stock of native trumperies, and I should recommend you to be off, both for your own sake and ours.
From The Lost Heir by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"And yet," said he, "it is for such trumperies men sacrifice their lives, sometimes their characters."
From International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850 by Various
Her principles are fixed, she is above these trumperies.
From Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
I will repay you, upon honor, when we young fellows return from France, all laden with rings and brooches and such trumperies like your Norfolkshire pedlars at Christmas-tide.
From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by Cabell, James Branch
Is it in the whitewashing of the battlements, the mending of the roads, the fountains, and all such trumperies?
From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Pickard, Arthur Wallace
