Public
Public adjective - Not known by only a select few.
Tricky
Tricky adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Usage example: he's a tricky one, so be careful when dealing with him
Both words in one sentence
- The Pædo Hunt/Too Smart for Strangers Public Service Announcement Tricky People anviliciously features a scene of the character Carmen being in tears over "not [being] a little girl anymore".
Source: Growing Up Sucks -
Getting Crap Past the Radar: Satirising British society was tricky when (just as happens today) anything seriously cutting raised public controversy (The Sorcerer got a lot of complaints for mocking the church even mildly).
Source: Theatre / The Mikado
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