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Definition of Espiegleries
1. espieglerie [n] - See also: espieglerie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Espiegleries
Literary usage of Espiegleries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... espiegleries, coquetries, and minuet- mazes; with every movement a flash of
star-rainbow colors, bright almost as the movements of the fair young soul ..."
2. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"... ou les espiegleries et Avantures Galantes de Bigand" (1736), did exploit an
original conception, but so poorly that the genre which he almost chanced ..."
3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1843)
"The rebuke which was addressed by the holy superior to the laughter-loving Madame
de Courcelles was neither long nor stern; for the espiegleries of the ..."
4. The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls by George Jean Nathan (1921)
"... shaking a fountain pen upon the drawing-room carpet and wherein the situation-humour
of Smith is vainly sought in such venerable espiegleries of the ..."
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