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mean trick

collocation in English

meanings of meanand trick


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mean
adjective
uk /miːn/ us /miːn/
mainly UK
not willing to give or share things, ...
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trick
noun[C]
uk /trɪk/ us /trɪk/
an action that is intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form ...
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Examples of mean trick


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Is not that a shabby, meantrick which is played on these old-age pensioners?
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The brewers get up to every meantrick they can to increase the price of beer.
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It is a most contemptible and meantrick.
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Even at this late stage, will he change his mind about this meantrick?
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I think it is a very meantrick indeed.
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That young man had once been a lively, artistic and friendly lad who had never played a meantrick on anyone.
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It does not help the cause of rural water supplies and sewerage, and it is either a downright silly thing or a meantrick.
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It would be a cheap and meantrick to let students down and dash their great hopes and expectations by systematically ruining their chances of staying on at school.
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What he has said could be either a dramatic retreat or a meantrick aimed at lulling the growing opposition.
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He's arrogant and fond of playing mean tricks on everyone around him.
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