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Cajolery   Listen
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Cajolery  n.  (pl. cajoleries)  A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "Infamous cajoleries."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Cajolery" Quotes from Famous Books



... weakness. For Professor Felton he had unbounded regard, which had grown up by correspondence and through report from Dickens. He had never met Felton, and when the professor arrived in London, Dickens, with his love of fun, arranged a bit of cajolery, which was never quite forgotten, though wholly forgiven. Knowing how highly Forster esteemed Felton, through his writings and his letters, Dickens resolved to take Felton at once to Forster's house and introduce him as Professor Stowe, the port of both these gentlemen ...
— Yesterdays with Authors • James T. Fields



Words linked to "Cajolery" :   flattery, blandishment, cajole, palaver



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