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Definition of Devilries
1. devilry [n] - See also: devilry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devilries
Literary usage of Devilries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1887)
"The knowledge he thus showed of the possible devilries which thr sectarian zeal of
... worked for political purposes the devilries of the Jew-baiting. ..."
2. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1884)
"He has said no more about the " vices and devilries" of Old Russia than was
necessary. These studies in the history of manners are seductive and ..."
3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1884)
"He has said no more about the "vices and devilries" of Old Russia than was necessary.
These studies in the history of manners are seductive and entertaining ..."
4. Reminiscences and Opinions of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, 1813-1885 by Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (1887)
"... represent human nature? represent it indeed by a more uneducated and more
ignorant subdivision of the whole, and bring along with it fresh devilries— ..."
5. The Balance of Military Power in Europe: An Examination of the War Resources by John Frederick Maurice (1888)
"The knowledge he thus showed of the possible devilries which the sectarian zeal
of Bulgarian Verts might be trusted to work on men of their own race, ..."
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