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knave
  1. (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
  2. (archaic) Any male servant; a menial.
  3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
  4. (card game) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Instead, according to the same Daily Record, he is a knave and a liar.”
      “Being admitted in the evening to play at cards with the Monarch and the ambassador, he pretended to make a mistake, and twice threw down a knave instead of a king.”
      “Due to my poor performance as a husband, father, and provider, I can claim the role of knave, or general ne'er-do-well.”
knaveship
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
  2. (countable, obsolete, Scotland) A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
knavery
  1. The tricks or antics of a knave; boyish mischief.
  2. Deceit, an unprincipled action.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “These were two brothers living upon the earth who practiced every kind of knavery.”
      “Let's bring you up to date, briefly, with the mischievous knavery going on in the storied Tuscany Valley vineyards.”
      “Other cities may let such things go, but we don't stand for any such knavery here.”
knavess
  1. (archaic) A knavish woman.
knavishness
  1. The quality of being knavish.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “All of Thomas Morton's goods were seized to pay the charges of the trial, and also to make good to the Indians what they had lost through his knavishness.”
      “The ever undisguised craftiness and knavishness of the imperialists is characteristic of their aggressive foreign policy after the end of the cold war.”
knaveships
  1. plural of knaveship
knaveries
knavesses
  1. plural of knavess
knaves
  1. plural of knave
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Too long has the free world laboured under the leadership of knaves, nymphos and knuckle-heads.”
      “Princess Maria and Prince Ron manage their Duchy well, but it is also the dumping ground for jesters, knaves and fools.”
      “While you do have to draw your sword and fight quite a few blackguardly knaves in this game, it is still very much an adventure game.”
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