backbiter

Example Sentences

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Grey-haired, lethargic, Temugin is the easy victim of an adroit harem intrigue, and of a backbiter who convinces overlord Ung that his satellite is a traitorous rival deserving death.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s my fault, Mama. I did a really mean thing to Emily, and I’m a backbiter, and I’m going to be punished...”

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

Look here," he exclaimed, "you will never be anything better than a backbiter and selfish.

From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Pont-Jest, Ren? de

I never said my uncle was a backbiter.

From The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 by Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel)

Midshipman Farley was nothing at all on the order of the backbiter.

From Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)