arrant
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"Arrant puns" were the subject of attacks by the likes of Joseph Addison, 18th Century London's pre-eminent literary tastemaker. as debased witticisms and exulted that they had been "banished out of the learned world".
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2013
Compton Verney, to 31 Oct The Moon Is An Arrant Thief, London The moon gets a bad rap: last year the Hayward declared it "deceitful", and now it's a thief.
From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2010
Arrant nonsense is the three-star billing of P.J.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arrant nonsense comes from their lips with such sweet syllabic flow, such little ripples of pronunciation and musical interludes, that you are attracted and held without the smallest regard to what they are saying.
From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail
Arrant cowards frequently have very warlike imaginations, and in their dreams conceive themselves doing extremely violent things.
From Paul Patoff by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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