Also 7 cajollery, 8 cajolry. [a. F. cajolerie, 16th c., in same sense, f. cajoler to CAJOLE.] The action or practice of cajoling; persuasion by false arts.
1649. Evelyn, Liberty & Servitude, iv. (R.). Those infamous cajolleries.
1698. Sidney, Disc. Govt., iii. § 45 (1704), 415. Others prefer’d the cajolerys of the Court before the honor of performing their duty to the Country.
1835. Lytton, Rienzi, II. iii. 111. Is he familiar with the people?—it is cajolery! Is he distant?—it is pride!
1868. E. Edwards, Ralegh, I. xxv. 650. He had mingled the usual cajoleries with more than the usual slightly-veiled threats.
