trickster

Example Sentences

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Watching a trickster hypnotize someone in a live performance might impress you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

The work in question is a "maqāma" -- an Arabic literary form that often features a wandering "trickster."

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

HH: That almost makes me think of the trickster archetype, Legba, the god who pretends to have a limp to get you to mirror it, turning on itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

Crudup plays 19 characters in the 80-minute performance, taking on the roles of everyone the titular confidence trickster comes into contact with.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

Lita’s words remind me, “The trickster may be the one who leads you if it serves his purpose.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera