arch. [f. COM- + ROGUE. In 17th c. often jocularly confused with comrade.] A fellow-rogue.
1621. B. Jonson, Masque of Augurs. You and the rest of your comrogues shall sit disguised in the stocks.
1634. Heywood, Lanc. Witches, V. Wks. 1874, IV. 244. Nay rest by me Good Morglay, my Comrague and Bedfellow.
1673. R. Head, Canting Acad., 74. Her Comrogue lies begging in the fields.
1723. Swift, Cook-maid’s Let. You and your come-rogues keep him out so late.
1764. T. Brydges, Homer Travest. (1797), II. 266. Pointing to his comrogue, cries, See there, my boy, a tempting prize!
1866. Standard, 2 Oct., 4/3. The proceedings of the prisoners and their com-rogues contemplated a wide range of operations.
