Definitions

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  • noun rare A sly trick or device.

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  • noun obsolete A sly trick.

Etymologies

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From under- +‎ craft.

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Examples

  • QUEST: On the upper floors, a facelift extension on what will be Europe's longest champagne bar, and down below, in the old undercraft (ph) where beer barrels used to be stored.

    CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007 2007

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  • An author's cleaver device.

    September 1, 2012

  • For those times when a story is getting the axe?

    September 2, 2012