knave

• He who pretends to know is either a fool or a knave, my friend. —  The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg
• You are a coward as well as a knave, then Remember still more," he hissed, losing all control of himself, "that your lover also is in my power; he is captured My God! —  The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
• He is an arrant knave, a smuggler--a--an ungrateful rascal. —  Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
• You next examine the gridiron, and if a knave is there, play it, as also any other suitable cards to continue the foundations, and as kings and queens appear, place them, in accordance with Rule II. —  Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games
• An itinerant preacher, well known as a knave upon both banks, and the whole length of the river, used (before he was sent to the Penitentiary for picking pockets) to live comfortably in the steam-boats without ever paying a farthing. —  Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet

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