mischievous trick
Example Sentences
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And they said, "Wait a little, we will pay you out," and took counsel together to play him some mischievous trick.
From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane
Not for a single instant did Mr. Comyn suspect a hoax, or imagine the affair to be only the mischievous trick of some idler.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. by Various
To disturb all good thoughts in their minds and your own, and drive out all serious impressions by this mischievous trick!
From The Carbonels by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey
It was only a mischievous trick to frighten you, I dare say.
From The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins
He left the animal to roam at liberty about the halls and gardens, where it was for ever at some mischievous trick or another.
From The Well of Saint Clare by A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson
