ruse

• I declare if that good-for-nothin' Chevalita isn't callin' me again She retired precipitately into the house, and her ruse was apparent; her quick ears had caught, not the voice of her criada, but the sound of a pinto's hoofs on the road, and she recognized its portent as did the girl in the shadows A pale young moon had risen, and in its light the drive lay like a curving white ribbon, the approaching figures of pony and man melting together, yet sharply distinct. —  The Fifth Ace
• This ruse was successful. —  Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865
• Of course Angut at once understood the object of this ruse, and became more attentive to every mark that seemed in the remotest degree to indicate another divergence, but failed to hit upon the spot, and finally came to a halt when far out on the floes where drift had obliterated the old sledge-marks, and a recent track could not have escaped notice. —  Red Rooney The Last of the Crew
• At every step he feared to hear a shout behind him that would tell him that the ruse was discovered. —  Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive
• The night-glass discovered her half a mile astern; and the ruse was immediately perceived. —  The Pirate

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