Knaves

Word KNAVES
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /neɪvz/

Definitions and meanings of "Knaves"

What do we mean by knaves?

A boy; especially, a boy servant.

Any male servant; a menial.

A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.

A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

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The word "knaves" in example sentences

The valets, or attendants, whom we call knaves, are not necessarily ` rascals, 'but simply servants royal; at first they were knights, as appears from the names of some of the famous French knights being formerly painted on the cards. ❋ Unknown (1870)

The believing other men knaves is not only the way to make them so, but is also an infallible method of becoming such ourselves. ❋ Unknown (1769)

"'He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy!' said Estella with disdain." ❋ Unknown (2010)

His man grows rich, the knaves are the knaves still. ❋ Unknown (2007)

“He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy!” said Estella with disdain, before our first game was out. ❋ Unknown (2007)

To skulk, to spy, to trap another to his destruction, why, that is what most call knaves 'work, and he who doth it is despised. ❋ Gulielma Zollinger (N/A)

"I don't know what possessed me," I replied, hanging my head, "but I wish you hadn't taught me to call knaves at cards Jacks, and I wish my boots weren't so thick, nor my hands so coarse." ❋ Kate Dickinson Sweetser (1903)

"He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy," said Estella, with disdain, before the first game was out. ❋ Kate Dickinson Sweetser (1903)

"He calls the knaves, Jacks, this boy!" said Estella with disdain, before our first game was out. ❋ Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (1861)

` He calls the knaves, Jacks, this boy! 'said Estella with disdain, before our first game was out. ❋ Unknown (1860)

"He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy!" said Estella with disdain, before our first game was out. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)

If they failed, they were to be called knaves and fools, and fanatics for a fleeting hour; then to sink and be forgotten. ❋ Abraham Lincoln (1837)

If they failed, they were to be called knaves, and fools, and fanatics for a fleeting hour; then to sink and be forgotten. ❋ Abraham Lincoln (1837)

Nor can such a request seem any way extraordinary, since it would be appropriated to the benefit of fools and knaves, which is the sole cause of granting one for this present year. ❋ Jonathan Swift (1706)

So, leaving word with the shopman on what day I was wanted at Miss Havisham's again, I set off on the four-mile walk to our forge; pondering, as I went along, on all I had seen, and deeply revolving that I was a common labouring-boy; that my hands were coarse; that my boots were thick; that I had fallen into a despicable habit of calling knaves Jacks; that I was much more ignorant than I had considered myself last night, and generally that I was in a low-lived bad way. ❋ Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (1861)

So, leaving word with the shopman on what day I was wanted at Miss Havisham's again, I set off on the four-mile walk to our forge; pondering, as I went along, on all I had seen, and deeply revolving that I was a common laboring-boy; that my hands were coarse; that my boots were thick; that I had fallen into a despicable habit of calling knaves Jacks; that I was much more ignorant than I had considered myself last night, and generally that I was in a low-lived bad way. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)

The stolen money gets recycled (less a huge "brokerage commission") to net tax consumers (Spooner's "knaves") and even net taxpayers (Spooner's "dupes"). ❋ Unknown (2009)

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