mischievous trick
Example Sentences
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In Scotland he had met Cydonia, through a mischievous trick of Lady Leason's.
From The Man with the Double Heart by Muriel Hine
And they said, "Wait a little, we will pay you out," and took counsel together to play him some mischievous trick.
From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Lucy Crane
"Don't speak of this plan of yours as a mischievous trick, baroness," he said earnestly.
From The Nameless Castle by Mór Jókai
It was only a mischievous trick to frighten you, I dare say.
From The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins
What he had mistaken for a human thought was a degree of reason required for a monkey's mischievous trick!
From Farewell by Ellen Marriage
