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Search phrase: cony

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.327As the cony that you see dwell where she isAs the Conie that you see dwell where shee is
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.62So doth the cony struggle in the net.So doth the Connie struggle in the Net.
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.133My sweet ounce of man's flesh! my incony Jew! – NowMy sweete ounce of mans flesh, my in-conie Iew:
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.143O'my troth, most sweet jests, most incony vulgar wit;O my troth most sweete iests, most inconie vulgar wit,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.i.118you, and against your cony-catching rascals, Bardolph,you, and against your cony-catching Rascalls, Bardolf,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iii.30There is no remedy – I must cony-catch, I mustThere is no remedy: I must conicatch, I must
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.38Come, you are so full of cony-catching.Come, you are so full of conicatching.
The Taming of the ShrewTS V.i.89Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catchedTake heede signior Baptista, least you be coni-catcht

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Glossary

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conyrabbit
cony-catchtake to cheating, become a trickster
cony-catchrabbit-catch; trick, dupe
cony-catchingcheating, swindling
cony-catchingrabbit-catching; trickery, evasion, knavery
inconyfine, darling, rare

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CATCHACTIONcony-catch v, cony-catching n
CONYBASICcony n
CONYACTIONcony-catch v, cony-catching adj, cony-catching n
INCONYBASICincony adj

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the balcony scene
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