All 3 Uses
treachery
in
Gone with the Wind
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- Other people might call his utterances treachery but, to Scarlett, they always rang with common sense and truth.†
Chpt 2.13 *treachery = betrayal
- And Carreen was too stunned by grief and her hurt at Ashley's treachery to interfere.†
Chpt 4.40
- He laughed, too, throwing back his head as though he enjoyed laughter, thinking her mirth came from the friendly treachery of the men who had given Melly's secret away.†
Chpt 5.53
Definitions:
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(1)
(treachery) the behavior of someone who pretends to be a friend and then tricks, cheats, or betrays
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)