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Or crawl in with a knife, as an experienced knave,
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It's dropped by the priest, picked up by the knave,
The Bishop's Secret Fergus Hume 1895
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_ -- B continues with the queen of clubs, C plays the knave,
The Laws of Euchre As adopted by the Somerset Club of Boston, March 1, 1888 James Dwight 1892
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_Shade of Hamlet_: Oh, did you see him, did you see the knave,
When hearts are trumps Thomas Winthrop Hall 1881
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Why then should I give credence to this foolish knave,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Fraud is the clubbish knave, and Usury the hard-hearted knave,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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What can it matter indeed to an old man, who has served the same family faithfully and honestly for sixty years, if they call him at last a rogue, a knave,
An Egyptian Princess — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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The oracle is doubtless worked by some sturdy knave,
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Although it was not an easy matter to dispose of so cunning a knave,
File No. 113 ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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Oui; mettez le au mon pocket: depechez, quickly -- Vere is dat knave,
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare 1590
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