mischievous trick

Example Sentences

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He left the animal to roam at liberty about the halls and gardens, where it was for ever at some mischievous trick or another.

From The Well of Saint Clare by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)

What he had mistaken for a human thought was a degree of reason required for a monkey's mischievous trick!

From Farewell by Marriage, Ellen

But one day, I must tell you, a large hawk played the lad a very mischievous trick.

From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Stables, Gordon

To climb a wall, to break a branch, to purloin apples, is a mischievous trick in a child; for a man it is a misdemeanor; for a convict it is a crime.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

Not for a single instant did Mr. Comyn suspect a hoax, or imagine the affair to be only the mischievous trick of some idler.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. by Various