tracasserie

It contained, as they say an acorn includes all the ramifications of the future oak, as many seeds of tracasserie and intrigue as might have done honour to the court of a large empire.

Waverley 2004

_Scandal-loving Letter_ from Sir Gerald Denbigh to Lady Ulverston, a lady distinguished by a congenial love of _tracasserie_, and a congenial idolization of social distinctions; an address which passed for cleverness; unimpeachable taste in self-adornment; and who was courted by the ball-going part of

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 553, June 23, 1832 Various

It was Major Hunter, of the Guards, with whom I had had a little tracasserie, because I hinted that he should not come into Brookes's smelling of the stables.

Rodney stone Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1896

It was Major Hunter, of the Guards, with whom I had had a little tracasserie, because I hinted that he should not come into Brookes's smelling of the stables.

Rodney Stone Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1896

It was Major Hunter, of the Guards, with whom I had had a little tracasserie, because I hinted that he should not come into

Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

It contained, as they say an acorn includes all the ramifications of the future oak, as many seeds of tracasserie and intrigue as might have done honour to the Court of a large empire.

The Waverley 1877

"I hate the sort of thing," said Lady Portmore, "because, though I said nothing, Mary might think I did, and it will make such a tracasserie."

The Semi-Attached Couple 1860

He delighted in a promising bud of tracasserie, and nursed it into a full-blown flower with all the care that a horticulturist bestows on a cankered yellow rose.

The Semi-Attached Couple 1860

There are good reasons for so doing; and, among others, is that of abstaining from arming a clique to calumniate her commander, (who, by the way, like another commander in the Gulf that might be named, and who has actually been exposed to the sort of tracasserie to which there is allusion, is one of the very ablest men in the service,) in order to put another in his place.

Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke, who loved 'tracasserie,'

Don Juan George Gordon Byron Byron 1806