devilries
- plural of devilry.
Example Sentences
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Giuliano, who had been an associate of the Duke and an abettor of Lorenzino's "devilries," fled precipitately from Florence, and sought the protection of the Duke of Milan.
From The Tragedies of the Medici by Staley, Edgcumbe
Smoke came from the chimneys of them, even in the hottest days of summer, and weird tales were told of the devilries there committed.
From The Magician by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
I have had enough of these small devilries, like Louis Napoleon and Victor Emmanuel—I am sick of Mazzini and his petty followers.
From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James
Of all his myrmidons' devilries done in the land The last to hear!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890 by Various
In good truth, Crailey was the ringleader in all the devilries of the town.
From The Two Vanrevels by Tarkington, Booth
