cliver

He'd ben thinkin ', 'fore 'a cud onderstaand them, that what they'd be talkin' about to ayche awther wed be somethin 'cureyus an' mighty cliver, all sorts o 'strange owld saycrets, s'pose.

Drolls From Shadowland

Whin cliver, edjucated knockabouts like Gully du go bad; begob, they make th 'very wurrst kind av criminals.

The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

Some do say 'a was cliver, too, weth it all, an 'cut out that there mermaid in the church [C] what the folks do come from miles round to see.

Drolls From Shadowland

I didn't see it at the first, and he was that cliver and insinuatin ', and had such a way o' talkin ', and made so much o' me, I couldn't but listen to him for a while.

A Loose End and Other Stories S. Elizabeth Hall

"And, faith, but it's a cliver boy you are," said the weary one admiringly, when the other had explained his method.

The Blue Lagoon: a romance 1907

"Faith, an 'it's a cliver boy y'are," said Mr Button admiringly, as he leaned luxuriously against a cocoa-nut tree, and contemplated Dick's handiwork.

The Blue Lagoon: a romance 1907

Orth'ris's work, though niver so cliver, was nobut skin-deep.

Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

Rare good company he was, if I hadn't wanted to wring his cliver little neck half of the time.

Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900

Rare good company he was, if I hadn't wanted to wring his cliver little neck half of the time.

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

I've seen a vast o 'dogs, but Rip was t' prettiest picter of a cliver fox-tarrier 'at iver I set eyes on.

Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900