His choice of a rabbit's foot hints at his affinity with Brer Rabbit and his African trickster antecedents. |
Eighteenth century playwrights and novelists often made their hero a criminal, a highwayman or confidence trickster. |
Probably the most well-known twentieth-century trickster, Shine is an epic figure in African American folklore. |
In carnival, the Commedia dell'Arte, the pantomime, and slapstick we find a modern expression of the trickster impulse. |
He was a confidence trickster and was very clever at getting people to take his side. |
Yes, well, a Shaughraun is an Irish rural character, a vagabond, a footloose but loyal trickster. |