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Definition of Knavish

Knavish
Knavish Knav"ish, a. 1. Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. ``Knavish politicians.' --Macaulay. 2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish. Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad. --Shak.

Meaning of Knavish from wikipedia

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- still matters" The Guardian, 10 March 2016 Pimlott, Ben. Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks: Writings on Biography, History and Politics (1994) pp. 31–36. Harold...
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. Area served Worldwide Key people Tim Knavish (chairman & CEO) Products Chemicals Decorative paints Industrial finishing...
- Oberon – King of the Fairies TitaniaQueen of the Fairies Puck – Oberon's knavish sprite A Fairy, Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseedservants to Titania...
- his enemies And make them fall Confound their politics Frustrate their knavish tricks On thee our hopes we fix God save us all These lyrics appeared in...
- I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Call'd Robin Goodfellow: are you not he That frights the maidens...
- His vulgar wife is as dissolute as himself. A harebrained marquis, a knavish chevalier and a coquettish baroness, to whom Turcaret is attracted, are...
- by Sir William Jones, the Morals of Chess, by Dr. Franklin, &c". 1817. "Knavish Chess on chessvariants.org". Archived from the original on 2016-12-21....
- noting that they were confected from a "jumble of Indian Ingredients" by "knavish Makers and Traffickers.'" Goa stones were kept in ornate, solid gold or...
- Pericles adopted "an elevated mode of speech, free from the vulgar and knavish tricks of mob-orators" and, according to Diodorus Siculus, he "excelled...