caitiff

Example Sentences

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If a celebrated classroom caitiff like Peck's Bad Boy or Huckleberry Finn were to cut his swath through a U. S. school today, he would probably get off with a restrained scolding.

From Time Magazine Archive

I will incontinently visit this dangerous caitiff," he said, "and if I find matters as bad as you say, I will take means to secure him and prevent mischief.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

Say what you have to say why justice shall not be done upon you, miserable caitiff, who would have sold a man’s life for a few pieces of silver!”

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 by Various

You are an arrant rogue, a caitiff vile; there can be naught between us.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

These thoughts and apprehensions the more forcibly impressed themselves upon his mind, as the caitiff was well aware he fully deserved as much at Sir Thomas's hands.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry