cantrip

Example Sentences

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To fellow brokers downstairs on the floor of the Stock Exchange he had merely whispered the compelling cantrip of the bulls: "I've got a good thing!"

From Time Magazine Archive

And that old witch, Eliza— I little guessed she’d play this cantrip on me: But what a jest—Jerusalem, what a jest!

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

Then, with cantrip kisses seven,   Three times round with kisses seven, Warp'd and woven there spun we Arms and legs and flaming hair, Like a whirlwind on the sea.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Well, this sort of cantrip was 'common form,' as we say at the Bar, in Hollond's Space, and he was very curious about the why and wherefore of Sleep.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

It is a strange cantrip, Mary," said the General; "I suppose you'll be going to give him something.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil