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cloyer

noun

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps for *clawyer (“one who practices thievery”, literally “claw-er”), or a variant of *clyer (“one who clies”), equivalent to cly + -er. More at cly.

  1. derived from clāvus
  2. derived from clāvō
  3. derived from *inclāvāre✻
  4. derived from enclouer
  5. inherited from acloyen
  6. suffixed as cloyer — “cloy + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who cloys.

  2. One who intruded on the profits of young sharpers, by claiming a share.

  3. A thief, shoplifter.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA