slyboots

noun

1. (British)A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.

   “But Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch as light.”

   “"Oh, you sly-boots!" says the Countess. "Guess you come after the old lady's money!"”

   “You're such a slyboots, old cocky. I could kiss you.”

   “Peter: All we gotta do is tell a little white lie. Just go with it. [dials phone] Is this the Grant-a-Dream Foundation? My son Chris is dying! Chris: Holy crap, no! Oh, my God! Peter: That was the lie. Chris: Oh, you slyboots.”

   “This slyboots took me for a ton of money, made me do whatever she wanted.”