Day 890: ploy

He only said he had a meeting as a ploy to get her to leave.

Artwork of the day
Portrait of Julie De Thellusson-Ployard
Jean-Étienne Liotard
Date: 1760

Word of the day
ploy: something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly

Quote of the day
“I have become a veritable scholar in seemingly innocent ploys to get his skin against mine.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue