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Meanings of scurvy trick in English

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Usage of scurvy trick in English
1
Here their men had a scurvy trick played them by the Banyai.
Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Sta...
2
I am afraid these fellows intend to play the Frenchmen some scurvy trick.
The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa
3
You played me a scurvy trick by putting me aboard the freight train.
Dave Porter at Star Ranch; Or, The Cowboy's Secret
4
I'm a good mind to sink ye for your scurvy trick.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
5
By my head, but this is a scurvy trick to play a man!
Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain
6
No matter how careful a man is, chance sometimes plays him a scurvy trick.
The Face and the Mask
7
Fate could never play such a scurvy trick as that!
Keith of the Border: A Tale of the Plains
8
He played you a scurvy trick or something-didn'tyou say?
Under the Rebel's Reign
9
This was the scurvy trick my mind was playing.
The Paternoster Ruby
10
After four breakfasts and a gallon of champagne, to serve us such a scurvy trick.
The Innocents Abroad
11
Only to-night you have served me a scurvy trick.
A Millionaire of Yesterday
12
But fate, which loves to make a sport of lovers, played him a scurvy trick.
The Yellow Streak
13
My cousin had played me a scurvy trick; but I was not made helpless by it.
Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
14
I'd never hev stood for thet scurvy trick.
The Border Legion
15
Old Battle is well, but served me a scurvy trick only a day or two ago.
The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter
16
It was a scurvy trick, and I felt a contempt for the men who had planned it.
When Knighthood Was in Flower / or, the Love Story of Charles Br...
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