All 5 Uses of
dupe
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- They had a short conference upon some money matters then in progress, which were scarcely disposed of when the lordly dupe (in pursuance of his friend's instructions) requested with some embarrassment to speak to Ralph alone.†
Chpt 26
- 'Ye—es,' replied the dupe.†
Chpt 27 *
- I have been a dupe and a fool to him long enough.†
Chpt 44
- Such was the ascendancy he had acquired over his dupe, and such the latter's general habit of submission, that, for the moment, the young man seemed half afraid to pursue the subject.†
Chpt 50
- When it is remembered that Sir Mulberry Hawk had plundered, duped, deceived, and fooled his pupil in every possible way, it will not be wondered at, that, beginning to hate him, he began to hate him cordially.†
Chpt 50
Definition:
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(dupe) to fool someone; or the person fooled -- especially if tricked into doing something