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sly as a fox
vs
thievish
sly as a fox
adj
Very sly, very cunning.
thievish
adj
Having the manner of a thief; furtive; stealthy.
Having a tendency to steal.
How often have the words
sly as a fox
and
thievish
occurred in a corpus of books?
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