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

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

“We have a crafty fellow to deal with, and a big stake to win,” he cried, as he glared across at the stockade.

From With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

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