dastard

Example Sentences

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Claire’s father, based on the real-life dastard Lord Lucan, loved her mother, until he grew tired of her.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2018

Last week he defended himself before a full house, flayed Elliott for a damnable dastard.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was Sydney's pride in particular, and in Sydney's War Museum it stayed until last April when Museum attendants, opening up for the day, discovered that some good-for-nothing dastard had stolen it.

From Time Magazine Archive

In mid-honeymoon in New Orleans, America learns the truth about him: Fant is a gambler and a dastard.

From Time Magazine Archive

“But you shall give my friend satisfaction!” exclaimed Lieutenant Arguellas, who was as much excited as Dupont; “or, by Heaven, I will post you as a dastard not only throughout this island but Jamaica!”

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by