mischievous trick
Example Sentences
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Barnes played a mischievous trick one day—in fact, Barnes was always into mischief. d.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland
To disturb all good thoughts in their minds and your own, and drive out all serious impressions by this mischievous trick!
From The Carbonels by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
Go ahead and get it over, and then we’ll get even with Dr. Helen some way for playing us such a mischievous trick.
From The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Barrett, Katharine Ellis
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
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
