knavish
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Global production will likely remain "tepid" in the near term, CEO Tim Knavish said.
From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2023
Groups are led into “A Midsummer Forest,” an installation filled with oversize illustrations from “A Knavish Lad,” a pop-up book based on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2022
Knavish booksellers put forth volumes of trash under his name; and envious scribblers maintained it to be impossible that the poor ignorant tinker should really be the author of the book which was called his.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Knavish tradesmen were then in the habit of swelling out their book-debts with those who took credit, particularly to their younger customers.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
Knavish booksellers put forth volumes of trash under his name, and envious scribblers maintained it to be impossible that the poor ignorant tinker should really be the author of the book which was called his.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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In the Shadow of Liberty
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