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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