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
That’s a crafty fellow, and he’s not going to give us any advantage.
From The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger by Graydon, William Murray
The crafty fellow evidently intended to profit by the pilgrim's arms without wages; but, after long debate, he agreed to supply Piotrowski with food during the transport.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
If Grog be right—and he ought to be, seeing that a more dodgy, crafty fellow never lived—I shall come all round again.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
