thievish
Example Sentences
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As his friends and rivals well knew, he was a thievish genius.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010
In the dark, his thievish eyes glow with unshed 419 tears.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 28, 2009
On the other hand there are also some of the most false, lying, thievish rascals, the like of which I could not have believed lived on earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last it struck him to pretend to sleep, And then the thievish Monkies down would creep And filch the unpleasant trammels quite away.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
It was night by the time we were in that vast and thievish station.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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