Etymology
Origin of tricksome
Example Sentences
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Martha—pretty, winning, mischievous, tricksome Martha—was taken ill suddenly at the Château de Koekelberg.
From Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
With an appetite that's picksome comes a temper tart and tricksome, But a pick-me-up—I'll send one—will, I'm sure set all that square.
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892 by Various
Blithe, tricksome spirit! art thou left alone Of gods and all their intermediate kin The sweet survivor?
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Sidney Lanier
The visitor should beware of the tricksome water-works upon this terrace.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
You know it's tricksome for one accustomed mainly to men's affairs….
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort
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