scold
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“I left Miss Caldwell here a half-minute ago,” he observed to Alfred, “and I guess she’s given me the slip. Scold her good for me when she comes in—will you?”
From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018
Scold, for example, comes from the Old Norse word for “poet.”
From Salon • May 11, 2013
Hedda Hopper was the town's genial Scold, Buster Keaton its somber Sphinx; together, they were Hollywood past and present.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would have to be worse than that dip-dip-dop More Scold thing they use in the army.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Scold, skōld, v.i. to rail in a loud and violent manner: to find fault.—v.t. to chide rudely: to rebuke in words.—n. a rude, clamorous woman: a termagant.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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