a sly dog



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a sly dog

Someone who, through cunning, devious, or dishonest means, achieves a fortuitous outcome. What a sly dog, he managed to get a copy of the test so he could memorize the answers ahead of time!
See also: dog, sly

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KatherynKATH-ə-rin, KATH-rinEnglish
IngolfING-gawlf (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Anahita-Persian Mythology
TerraTER-əEnglish
AdaAY-də (English), AH-dah (Polish, Finnish)English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Italian, Finnish
Yamuna-Tamil, Indian, Telugu