Play Old Harry Meaning

Play Old Harry is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic) To play the devil; to make mischief.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Play Old Harry

(idiomatic) To play the devil; to make mischief.

Example : Blenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. — John Buchan, "Greenmantle", 1916.I distinguish five more general classes: but I am far from equally happy about all of them. They are, however, quite enough to play Old Harry with two fetishes which I admit to an inclination to play Old Harry with, viz. (1) the true/false fetish, (2) the value/fact fetish. J. L. Austin, How to do things with words, Oxford 1962.

Meaning of Play Old Harry

Play Old Harry is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Play Old Harry stands for (idiomatic) To play the devil; to make mischief.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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