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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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
"I must see that no one is coming," replied the crafty fellow.
From Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Hunt, Margaret
The crow is a crafty fellow, and knows a thing or two, as I have had reason to observe.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams