Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Crafty; cheating; roguish.
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Examples
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I had a friend in you, Mr. Bindloose — I am sure I aye took your part when folk miscaa’d ye, and said ye were this, that, and the other thing, and little better than an auld sneck-drawing loon, Mr.Bindloose. —
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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"Aweel -- aweel -- live and learn, they say -- I thought I had a friend in you, Mr. Bindloose -- I am sure I aye took your part when folk miscaa'd ye, and said ye were this, that, and the other thing, and little better than an auld sneck-drawing loon, Mr. Bindloose.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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