Artful Dodger
Example Sentences
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The series opens on one such party: There’s Laios, the party leader; his sister, Falin; an elven mage, Marcille; and Chilchuck, a half-foot locksmith with Artful Dodger energy.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2024
"In fact, he won the school's debating trophy three years in a row so when it came to the part of the Artful Dodger, really, he probably would have been out on his own."
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2021
The Artful Dodger, a role she campaigned for, mostly because all the female parts in “Oliver!” are terrible.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2021
“Songs don’t fix anything,” he tells Phil Ochs, whom he occasionally cares for with the precocity of the Artful Dodger:
From The New Yorker • Apr. 29, 2019
He took me under his wing, the Artful Dodger to my bewildered Oliver.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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