mischievous trick

Example Sentences

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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

It was only a mischievous trick to frighten you, I dare say.

From The Queen of Hearts by Collins, Wilkie

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)

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

Claxton had hitherto done nothing that was criminal within the eye of the Law, though while at sea he was continually employed in some mischievous trick or other.

From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Hayward, Arthur L.