Conveyer

Conveyer
Conveyer Con*vey"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers. [1913 Webster]

2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]


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