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Definition of Craftier
1. crafty [adj] - See also: crafty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Craftier
Literary usage of Craftier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade (1892)
"The grayer your enemy is, the older; and the older the craftier; and the craftier
the better for a little killing.' ‘Killing? Killing, Martin? ..."
2. Oliver Optic's Magazine by Oliver Optic (1875)
"... but an Indian is as much craftier than a fox as a fox is craftier than a rabbit.
A hawk's eye ain't sharper, and a deer's ear ain't quicker, ..."
3. The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade (1892)
"... and the older the craftier; and the craftier the better for a little killing.'
‘Killing? Killing, Martin? Speak not of killing! ..."
4. Indian Legends & Other Poems by Hanford Lennox Gordon (1910)
"Brains rule today as they have ruled for aye, And craft grown craftier in this
modern day Still rides the fools, but in a craftier way; And priestcraft ..."
5. The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade (1892)
"The grayer your enemy is, the older; and the older the craftier; and the craftier
the better for a little killing.' ‘Killing? Killing, Martin? ..."
6. Oliver Optic's Magazine by Oliver Optic (1875)
"... but an Indian is as much craftier than a fox as a fox is craftier than a rabbit.
A hawk's eye ain't sharper, and a deer's ear ain't quicker, ..."
7. The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade (1892)
"... and the older the craftier; and the craftier the better for a little killing.'
‘Killing? Killing, Martin? Speak not of killing! ..."
8. Indian Legends & Other Poems by Hanford Lennox Gordon (1910)
"Brains rule today as they have ruled for aye, And craft grown craftier in this
modern day Still rides the fools, but in a craftier way; And priestcraft ..."
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