crafty fellow

Example Sentences

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Albert was said to be a crafty fellow who hustled match races in small towns along the way.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2013

The peasants, I think, do not show displeasure when they refer to him as un furbo, 'a crafty fellow.'

From Time Magazine Archive

But the crafty fellow evidently suspected what you English call ‘a plant’—a prearranged plan—and he thought that by adopting the course he did he would have us at advantage.”

From The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure by Browne, Gordon

The crafty fellow evidently did not mean to be surprised; but I made a careful reconnoissance, and finally hit upon what seemed a feasible point of approach.

From A Rambler's lease by Torrey, Bradford

A kind of small Dutch bricks; also irons worn   by prisoners; a crafty fellow.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis