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blacklegs

noun

plural of blackleg

as in schemers

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Today, all too many of us risk becoming the prey of political tricksters and knaves.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
The knights who always told the truth and the knaves who always lied.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of knaves

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Rivals are winning over the same shoppers Converse sits in a tricky spot in the shoe market between casual footwear, fashion sneakers, and lifestyle shoes.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
She was last seen wearing black leggings, a light gray pullover and white sneakers.

— Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of sneakers

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Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.

— Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of rascals

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City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.

— Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Definition of slickers

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Despite the claims of any number of charlatans who prey on the American brand of cuddly benighted ignorance, the universe will not manifest an alternate reality for anyone who simply wishes for it with sufficient longing.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Ours is not a society that loathes charlatans; look who’s running things.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

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