"Double-cross" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tale was told, "It's that scoundrel, Mulready!" the man affirmed with heat. "It's his hand—I know him. I might have had sense enough to see he'd take the first chance to hand me the double-cross. Well, this does for him, all right!" Calendar lowered viciously at the river. "You've been blame' useful," he told Kirkwood assertively. "If it hadn't been for you, I don't know where I'd be now,—nor Dorothy, either,"—an obvious afterthought. "There's ...
— The Black Bag • Louis Joseph Vance
... Mrs. Sagen's double-cross. Did he want coffee? she had asked. Coffee! his mind repeated, disgusted. What he needed was something ...
— Next Door, Next World • Robert Donald Locke
... the ol' whiskey cache, eh? Figured you could gimme the double-cross an' git away with it? Hell's hinges, Bully West's no fool! He's forgot more'n ...
— Man Size • William MacLeod Raine
... "You rat!" he yelled. "Double-cross me, will yeh?" He heard the sound of a body moving over loose stones and halted, weaving in his tracks and peering into ...
— Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories • Rex Beach
... notice to quit," she said calmly. "You threw me down and gave me the double-cross the other day, and now I've come ...
— The Price • Francis Lynde
... back. "Make it easier for her—Russ, you're a damned schemer. You have given me the double-cross. You ...
— The Rustlers of Pecos County • Zane Grey |
