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Synonyms for ploy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ploi
Phonetic Transcription : plɔɪ

Top 10 synonyms for ploy
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Définition of ploy

Origin :
  • 1722, "anything with which one amuses oneself," Scottish and northern England dialect, possibly a shortened form of employ or deploy. Popularized in the sense "move or gambit made to gain advantage" by British humorist Stephen Potter (1900-1969).
  • noun game, trick
Example sentences :
  • There is a misprint of 'employ' in Thomas Davies' edition, as before.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2. » by John Davies
  • If I was a stone or two lighter, and had one to look after the shop, it's off on this ploy I would be too.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro
  • He put the question roughly, for nobody likes to lose a ploy.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro
  • There were more again who could never bear to be absent from any ploy: Pepa Frias, Lola, and a few more.
  • Extract from : « Froth » by Armando Palacio Valds
  • The night before they touched at Naples Marcella and Louis arranged what she called a "ploy."
  • Extract from : « Captivity » by M. Leonora Eyles
  • Thoost aye right ready for a ploy, said his wife, a deal better than honest work.
  • Extract from : « The House on the Moor, v. 2/3 » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • You come up the morn's nicht at eight, afore the post comes, and ye'll see the ploy when she gets her valenteen.
  • Extract from : « Erchie » by (AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro
  • I give you the old word, Elrigmore: 'Claymore and the Gael '; for the rest—pardon me—you gentlemen are out of the ploy.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • Na, na—his Excellency ken'd nought o' that ploy—it was a' managed atween Rashleigh and mysell.
  • Extract from : « Rob Roy, Complete, Illustrated » by Sir Walter Scott
  • I don't think he went on to describe any—it was mostly a ploy on my part to curry him or make him feel more at ease.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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