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
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How Tom Long the Carrier sold his Horse for the Skin, supposing him to be dead; and how a crafty fellow coming by knew what the Horse ailed, and so bought him.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
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
Somewhere back in China this crafty fellow was accumulating a fortune.
From Triple Spies by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)