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Meanings of knavish in English

Marked by skill in deception.

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      1
      This might have been originally designed to prevent disputes or knavish impositions.
      The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
      2
      Mistaken they may be; but why yell them down as knavish blasphemers?
      Yet Again
      3
      The knavish fanatic closed his eyes and raised his face heavenwards.
      The Rising of the Red Man / A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellio...
      4
      Surely, sir, it cannot be right to take advantage of such knavish tricks.
      By What Authority?
      5
      Neither were they filled with goods, like those of knavish traders.
      The Prairie
      6
      Is it not a knavish trick to put justice in motion against me?
      Droll Stories — Volume 3
      7
      Yet how can I let this knavish dog die and lose the money?
      Tales from the Arabic — Volume 02
      8
      What a pack of knavish bigots they must all have been!
      Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
      9
      You shall see anon; 'tis a knavish piece of work.
      The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
      10
      Our ships were wrecked, or captured by the knavish Spaniards.
      Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof
      11
      For poor serving-men are held responsible for his knavish on-goings.
      The Red Axe
      12
      Is not that a rather knavish speech, dear Miss St.
      The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
      13
      Not to be influenced by, or give ear to, knavish tattling servants, or others.
      Irish Wit and Humor / Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Lea...
      14
      Was not England specially prepared by an all-wise Providence to frustrate these knavish tricks?
      Idle Ideas in 1905
      15
      A groan for the knavish extortioner, my masters- adeepgroan for Sir Giles Mompesson!
      The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 2
      16
      You were right in denouncing the management as knavish.
      Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
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