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

As Waverley passed him, he pulled off his hat respectfully, and approaching his stirrup, bade him 'Tak heed the auld Whig deevil played him nae cantrip.'

From Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since by Scott, Walter, Sir

"Mistress Mary," said Elspeth, "you never told us anything before that was not true; tell us if this was a Hallowe'en cantrip, and make an end of it."

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir

Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light.—

From Tam O'Shanter by Miller, Harry L.

This deposition was made September 10, 1661, and surely Jennet Cock never escaped the consequences of such a cantrip as this!

From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)