mogue [Brit. slang. orig. Eng. regional]

trans. To deceive, fool, trick; to play a joke on, make fun of.

1854 A. E. BAKER Gloss. Northants. Words II. 26 Mogue, to deceive, to cheat. ‘You shan't mogue me.’ 1891 S. O. ADDY Gloss. Words Sheffield Suppl. 38 Tha mun tak no notice o' him; he's nobbut moging thee! 1893 P. H. EMERSON Signor Lippo xvi. 60 Sometimes we mogue 'em by pulling 'em a bit, but those bookies are fly to the game. 1933 R. A. FREEMAN Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes xvi. 228 ‘We got it..from someone who had it from Wicks.’ ‘Get out!.. You couldn't. Wicks never had it. You are moguing me. I don't believe you've got it all.’ 1960 H. WENTWORTH & S. B. FLEXNER Dict. Amer. Slang 341/2 Mogue, to deceive. 1981 ‘E. PETERS’ St. Peter's Fair 135 Get along with you, and don't come moguing me until you're cleared of the worse charge.



>It's not in Onelook.

I'll have to remedy that! <g>