cad
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Andrew, who is 12 years younger than Charles, was long considered the family’s amiable cad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
He and Evans never find their groove, and while Evans’ Boston-accented deadbeat cad routine is rote for him at this point, Johnson feels adrift, never locking in to a specific tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
In the past, words or phrases deemed to have stepped over the line include "impertinent dog", "cad", "blethering", "guttersnipe" and "git".
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
After the band raced through “Have Mercy,” an early Judds hit about a hopeless cad, Wynonna grabbed a stack of scrap paper.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
“You carried off one of my stockings last night, and you are a thieving cad, and I hope Mrs. Dudley can hear me.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
There may be nothing princely about Bitton’s portrayal, but he’s so much more lovable than the posh cads of swankier Benedicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
The character was probably based on acting colleague - and fellow portrayer of cads - Terry-Thomas.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022
They know that some people will turn out to be cads.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2022
He refused to play cowards or cads and took on characters, especially in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” of almost divine goodness.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
The company of Anglomaniacs to which she invites our attention are not dullards, nor are they cads, even though an ill-natured philosopher might be moved to call them snobs.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews
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