mischievous trick
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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
What he had mistaken for a human thought was a degree of reason required for a monkey's mischievous trick!
From Farewell by Ellen Marriage
Claxton had hitherto done nothing that was criminal within the eye of the Law, though while at sea he was continually employed in some mischievous trick or other.
From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Arthur L. Hayward
To climb a wall, to break a branch, to purloin apples, is a mischievous trick in a child; for a man it is a misdemeanor; for a convict it is a crime.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
It was only a mischievous trick to frighten you, I dare say.
From The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins
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