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Definition of Shiftiest
1. shifty [adj] - See also: shifty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiftiest
Literary usage of Shiftiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"Himself the shiftiest of politicians, the most unscrupulous of self-seekers, he
could not urge the plea of being carried away by moral indignation. ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"Himself the shiftiest of politicians, the most unscrupulous of self-seekers, he
could not urge the plea of being carried away by moral indignation. ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... low down probably, not in places of honor, a Stanislas Maillard,
riding-tipstaff (huis- sier a chevat) of the Chatelet; one of the shiftiest of men ? ..."
4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"... too, did something of horticulture, which is still noticeable.1 Certainly this
Elector was one of the shiftiest of men. Not an unjust man either. ..."
5. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"Brandenburg, too, did something of horticulture, which is still noticeable.10 Certainly
this Elector was one of the shiftiest of men. ..."
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