tantalizer
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"Didn't I tell yuh?" laughed the tantalizer, dancing toward the companion way.
From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold
"Why, Pete ought to be big enough to lick you alone, Strong," continued the tantalizer.
From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.
The reference to "Al-f-u-r-d" leaving home also touched the mother as the tantalizer intended it should, and she further argued with the boy to remain at home with his family.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.
Seeing the faces of his tantalizers before him, who knows but that General Wood "inwardly gnashed his teeth"?
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Tommy Thompson turned the tables on her tantalizers in a way that set the party in a greater uproar.
From The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains by Aldridge, Janet
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