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caballing
▪ I. caballing, vbl. n. (kəˈbælɪŋ) [cf. cabal v. + -ing1.] Petty plotting, intriguing.a 1680 Butler Rem. (1759) I. 425 Their caballing is the same thing exactly with packing of Cards. 1714 Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 34 The court of Rome is..the best school to learn the art of caballing. 1722 Mi... Oxford English Dictionary
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Robert Traill (Irish clergyman)
fellow clergymen was killed within 30 miles of Schull, and Traill lamented that "the ungodly are rising up, and these poor deluded Roman Catholics are caballing wikipedia.org
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cabal
▪ I. cabal, n.1 (kəˈbæl) Also 7–8 caball, cabbal. [a. F. cabale (16th c. in Littré), used in all the English senses, ad. med.L. cab(b)ala (It., Sp., Pg. cabala), cabbala, q.v. In 17th c. at first pronounced ˈcabal (whence the abridged cab n.5); the current pronunciation was evidently reintroduced fr... Oxford English Dictionary
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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
from his allegiance to his fellow ministers by Sunderland, George being led to believe that Townshend and his brother-in-law, Sir Robert Walpole, were caballing wikipedia.org
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unmischievous
unˈmischievous, a. (un-1 7.)1821 Lamb Elia i. Quakers' Meeting, Nothing-plotting, nought-caballing, unmischievous synod! 1848 R. W. Hamilton Sabbath v. 170 Though overtrading is a solecism, not unmischievous is the unrequired extension of stock. Oxford English Dictionary
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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Convinced of Harley's caballing, the duumvirs threatened the Queen with resignation unless she dismissed him. wikipedia.org
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brigue
▪ I. ‖ brigue, n. (brig) Forms: 4–5 brige, bryge, brygge, brigge, 5 (?) bryke, 7– brigue. [a. F. brigue (14th c. in Littré) = med.L. briga, It. and Pg. briga, Sp. and Pr. brega. Of uncertain origin: see Diez. The word and its derivatives are extensively developed in Italian: see brigand, etc. Adopte... Oxford English Dictionary
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Personality clash
Snow in his semi-autobiographical novel on the corridors of power described caballing with someone whose temperament "clashed right at the roots with mine wikipedia.org
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contrivance
contrivance (kənˈtraɪvəns) [f. contrive v.1 + -ance; cf. OF. controvance.] 1. The action of contriving or ingeniously endeavouring the accomplishment of anything; the bringing to pass by planning, scheming, or stratagem; manœuvring, plotting; deceitful practice.1647 May Hist. Parl. ii. iv. 70 The pr... Oxford English Dictionary
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convulsionary
convulsionary, a. and n. (kənˈvʌlʃənərɪ) [f. convulsion + -ary: cf. F. convulsionnaire.] A. adj. Pertaining to, of the nature of, affected with, or marked by, convulsion (lit. and fig.).1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXV. 515 The Abbé Winckelmann..has formed a school of declamatory connoisseurs, who... Oxford English Dictionary
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interest
▪ I. interest, n. (ˈɪntərɪst, -ɛst) Also 5 entrest, 6 enterest, 6–7 intrest, (7 int'rest). [An alteration of the earlier interess, app. after the cognate F. interest (1290 in Godef.), mod.F. intérêt, app. a n. use of L. interest it makes a difference, concerns, matters, is of importance, 3rd pers. s... Oxford English Dictionary
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club
▪ I. club, n. (klʌb) Forms: 3–6 clubbe, (3 clibbe), 4 klubbe, clob(e, 4–5 clobbe, 5 clobb, 5–8 clubb, (7 Sc. glub), 6– club. [ME. clubbe, clobbe corresp. to (and probably ad.) ON. klubba (Sw. klubba, klubb, Norw., Da. klubbe, klub), assimilated form of klumba; f. the same root as clump q.v. Cf. ON. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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