the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality of being tricky.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The quality of being tricky or trickish; trickishness.
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n. the quality of being a slippery rascal
n. the quality of requiring skill or caution
Word Usage
"Writing in the 1930s, Gallico claimed that basketball “appeals to the Hebrew with his Oriental background because the game places a premium on an alert, scheming mind and flashy trickiness, artful dodging and general smartalecness.”"