vulpinary

Example Sentences

• "Vulpinary, [Vulpinaris,L.] crafty, subtile, wily."
• "It is well known that, in a late Struggle, when a certain vulpinary Stateſman attempted to force himſelf into Power, it was thought a ſufficient Objection to his Claim, that he was honoured with the Friendſhip and Intimacy of an eminent Perſonage, over whom he might be ſuppoſed to have too great an Aſcendancy."
• "The latter is the name by which this vulpinary veteran of the black art was universally known[…]"
• "Hence have the vulpinary recipients of secret service money been commanded to dress up Toryism in the character of Raw-head-and-Bloody-bones, to scare the day dreams of the dwarfish men with which the nation unfortunately abounds."
• "The juveniles cast many a vulpinary glance at the forbidden fruit, but turned away with a sour-grape like expression of countenance."
• "Lord Palmerston’s threatened revelations anent the delicate subject of citizen King duplicity are looked for with some anxiety; and if it be true that Lord Brougham is charged with our vulpinary friend’s vindication, with his acknowledged knight errantry, it would be impossible, one would say, to avoid a collision betwixt Lords and Commons."