Read full poem →What is it I see? The name of a man I knew!
You are an ironical trickster, Time, to bring
After so many years and into a place like this
Dictionary Entry
Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others; any similar figure in literature.
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Common Phrases
. tricksterfigure trickstertales trickstertale tricksterfigures trickstertrickster confidencetrickster americantrickster animal
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Poetry examples for “trickster”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.