[f. prec. + -Y.] The practice of a fibber; falsehood, lying.

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1857.  ‘Ducange Anglicus,’ Vulg. Tongue, 42, ‘The Leary Man,’ vi.

        The fakement conn’d by knowing rooks
  Must be well known to you,
And if you come to fibbery,
  You must mug one or two.

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1870.  Standard, 12 Dec. An official report, full of delicate fibbery, was placarded to reassure the public.

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