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covin
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synonyms: chicanery, legerdemain, dupery, cautel, cony-catching, cozening, pauming, abusion ???
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Definition:fraud; trickery
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Ther nas Baillẏf . hierde, nor oother hẏne
That he ne knew, his sleẏghte, and his couẏne
Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales. p. 30
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
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the upholding of the letter of the law (common, statute and law merchant) against all traversers in covin and trespassers acting in contravention of bylaws and regulations, all resuscitators (by trespass and petty larceny of kindlings) of venville rights,
James Joyce. Ulysses
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