crafty fellow

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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

Never was there one who cherished such profound respect for a crafty fellow, for all other intellectual superiorities he could limit his esteem: for a rogue, his veneration was unbounded.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

But it was hinted to us, that this man, a cunning, crafty fellow, was a confidential messenger from W�rtemberg.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm

So Grafton tells us, to the eternal obloquy of this arch-jacobin, who “was a crafty fellow, and of an excellent wit, but wanting grace.”

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac