caitiff
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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
For Newcastle had betrayed him to the last; the magpie cunning of that old caitiff paralysed every arm that might have defended him.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
He was, indeed, without question, the most selfish little caitiff that ever drove a quill upon parchment.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
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
Still single and free? or had she yielded to maternal solicitation, and become the wife of the vile caitiff after all?
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
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