Usually means: Craft of making or selling ropes.
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  1. ropery: Merriam-Webster
  2. ropery: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ropery: Wordnik
  4. ropery: Wiktionary
  5. ropery: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. ropery: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Ropery: Dictionary.com
  8. Ropery: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. ropery: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Ropery: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. ropery: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. ropery: FreeDictionary.org
  13. ropery: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ropery)

noun:  (obsolete) Any form of language used, typically slang or slander, that can get one in trouble.
noun:  A place where ropes are made; ropewalk.

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