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felonry
[fel-uhn-ree]
felonry
/ ˈɛəɪ /
noun
felons collectively
(formerly) the convict population of a penal colony, esp in Australia
Example Sentences
Mudie, `Felonry of New South Wales,' p. vii.:
His descriptions of the "felonry"—a cutting term devised by himself, are grotesque and amusing.
Page 149, for "Macarthur's New South Wales," read "Mudie's Felonry."
Hanbridge, sadly failing to appreciate the importance of Bursley’s Felonry, had suggested that the feast might be moved a couple of days.
Albert Benbow, who for years had been hearing about the brilliant funniness of the American Consul at these dinners, was so flattered by his Felonry that he would have been ready to put the letters S P F after his name.
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