devilry
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He possessed both the winemaking skills and an appetite for devilry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
How about you, dear reader: Who are the sword and sorcery protagonists that scratch your itch for devilry and adventure?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2021
Whereas the dread of devilry, in “The Witch,” was rooted deep in the faith of the early settlers, “The Lighthouse” has to create its own mythology as it goes along.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 18, 2019
What else could it be — and what new devilry is waiting for us tomorrow?
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2019
‘We feared that Saruman was brewing some new devilry for us.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
In those days, before the methodical advance of the British artillery had begun to worry the stronghold overmuch, Bapaume was a hotbed of all the anti-aircraft devilries.
From Cavalry of the Clouds by Bott, Alan
Smoke came from the chimneys of them, even in the hottest days of summer, and weird tales were told of the devilries there committed.
From The Magician by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
And posting himself in front of the cathedral, he studied the south porch, which had most of zoological mysticism and devilries.
From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
With it, too, the idle can pass many an hour, which otherwise he would have given, not to work, but to extravagant devilries.
From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.
We never martyred a saint, and amid all the witch-hunting devilries of Scotland and England we burned only one witch, a namesake of my own.
From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)
