past-masters

There lived in the time of Harun al-Rashid a man named Ahmad al-Danaf and another Hasan Shúmán180 hight, the twain past-masters in fraud and feints, who had done rare things in their day; wherefore the Caliph invested them with caftans of honour and made them

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

They are past-masters and experts in building such fences, AND … they are fully equipped to defend themselves.

I'll See You at the Bill Signing 2007

Of course, the MPAA and its various spinsters are past-masters at creative truth adjustment.

Hong Kong p2p fans 2005

Of course, the MPAA and its various spinsters are past-masters at creative truth adjustment.

Hong Kong p2p fans 2005

They are past-masters in the art of choosing ground.

With Rimington L. March Phillipps

In the XVIIIth century the company numbered 250 past-masters.

Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie

Old past-masters in the classics of cowboy town deportment, expert light shooters, monte players, dance-hall beaux, elbow-crookers, and red-eye riot-starters labored faithfully with Mat, but, all to no purpose.

The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson

Chetties, who are past-masters in the art of money-lending, suggests that even the Jews were unable to compete with Madras sowcars in the business of usury, and that the Chetties displaced the Jews who used to live in the street.

The Story of Madras Glyn Barlow

When Riccoboni and his company first appeared in France, though being unable to speak nothing but Italian, their audiences, though not being able to understand the _words_, yet the performers were such past-masters in the Mimetic Art that their representations were just as intelligible and as expressive as if they had been with words.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

Boers are past-masters at hiding their real feelings and affecting any that they think will be acceptable.

With Rimington L. March Phillipps