The Commandant risked it and Finessed his knave.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
I suppose you are too grand a person to consider my trouble in this matter; the pains I took to get Lenoble over to England; the way I made the most of my gout even, in order to have you about me; the way I Finessed and diplomatized to bring this affair to a successful issue.
"Charlotte's Inheritance"
M. E. Braddon
Yet here she was, debonnaire and fresh and perfectly appointed-and ah, so terribly neat and spectacularly Finessed!
"You Never Know Your Luck, Complete Being The Story Of A Matrimonial Deserter"
Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009