Ploy
Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Nearby Word: ployed
Rag
Rag noun - A playful or mischievous act intended as a joke.
Usage example: a collegiate rag that nearly got him sent down from Oxford
Nearby Word: ragtime
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