Obs. [f. CONY + CATCHING.] Cheating, duping, knavery.
1591. Greene (title), The Second and last part of Conny-Catching.
1596. Shaks., Tam. Shr., IV. i. 45. Come, you are so full of conicatching.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., II. ii. IV. Subtlety, cunnycatching, knavery … carries all away.
c. 1650. Brathwait, Barnabees Jrnl., iii. Cheats who liv’d by coni-catching.
1703. E. Ward, London Spy, XI. 260 (Farmer). Being almost Drunk, their Brains ran on Coney-catching.
