knave
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The late Renaissance came to life in knave overalls with blousy tops, sequined skirts that suggested chain mail armor and tapestry detailing on jacket sleeves.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
Further, it tells you that the other gentleman is a knight, for if he were a knave, the answering knave would have said ‘‘Yes.’’
From Scientific American • Feb. 26, 2019
Sources of pleasure, in different forms in every stage of life, are too hard to find and too hard to replace once lost, to let any rich knave own your enjoyment.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2018
He either presents himself as a fool or a knave.
From Newsweek • Jul. 3, 2012
I learned more than I’d care to know about being a knave and a rascal and committing roguery of all sorts, but minding our longitude and latitude was enough to keep me busy.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing knave
Romeo and Juliet
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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Julius Caesar
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