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Meanings of devilment in английском

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Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.

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Usage of devilment in английском
1
No offence is intended; the men jeer out of mere harmless devilment.
In the Roaring Fifties
2
If he is, then he and Fagin are up to some devilment.
My Lady of Doubt
3
This nigger has a bad eye,-he'sup ter some sort of devilment.
The House Behind the Cedars
4
Might they not be up to more devilment with regard to Appincourte?
Our Pilots in the Air
5
There is no violence to him, no murderous strokes or devilment.
The Irish Times
6
Hal was the worst of the lot and always up to some devilment.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
7
And I'm past the age when you make war for devilment.
Messer Marco Polo
8
She had a cigarette, her beauty flashed with devilment, and John followed her.
Lady Baltimore
9
You know more than Jake Dennison, I reckon, except about devilment.
Gordon Keith
10
Look at those three monsters squatting there, plotting some ugly devilment or other!
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
11
He was mentally braced for devilment, but his arch-enemy, Fay, was not in sight.
The Claim Jumpers: A Romance
12
Gay Sheerin had a look of devilment in his eyes.
The Irish Times
13
They thought it was pure devilment and shouted even more.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
14
Then I used to say, "Bill is studying up some new devilment."
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi
15
He's been leading Phil into devilment for two years now.
Mavericks
16
He's compilin' some devilment, yer ken bet yer bottom dollar.
Watch Yourself Go By
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