Both Uses
treachery
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
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- Old, despaired-of ambitions, little treacheries, possibly even little attempts at blackmail that didn't quite come off, and whatever traces arc left of really great charm and sweetness.†
Scene 3.1treacheries = acts of betrayal
- That I am absconding with something, attempting some kind of treachery on my sister.†
Scene 3.2 *treachery = betrayal
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)