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connivers
n. (plural of conniver English)
Usage examples of "connivers".
Escape was the tavern and entertainment was but to listen to the connivers with their conundrums, who suffering the same woes and telling and hearing stories of others' despairs, became anesthetised over their vessels of grog.
To save the nation, that collection of connivers and nonentities around Lincoln needed the invigoration of a man with organizational genius, unparalleled stamina, and a willingness to use power.