Read full poem →And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
Dictionary Entry
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
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Common Phrases
. decoyducks decoydecoy duck
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Poetry examples for “decoy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →An' aft your moss-traversing spunkies
Decoy the wight that late an' drunk is,
The bleezin, curst, mischievous monkeys
Read full poem →ing depravity. ‘The Shakers well knew how to accom- |
modate each of these classes, and decoy them into the
trap set forthem. They misrepresented our views, and
Read full poem →Of a sky serene and pure;
Creature none can she decoy
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