despisable
Example Sentences
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For I'm sure as I stand here, Miss Mabel, that she knew, or thought she knew, somethin' 'bout that poor, despisable wretch that died up in the garret.
From At Last by Harland, Marion
If I'd ha' been the manner o' man you'd ha' liked for a husband, I should ha' been despisable.
From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie
But now he is nothing more than despisable, or, what's the same thing, a peddler without house, pack, or money.
From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore
"And care thrown away I may well call it; for Harvey is quite too despisable to be any sort of compensation at present."
From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore
A basin o' porridge may be, To some a despisable dish, But it allus comes welcome to me, If awve nobbut as mich as aw wish.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
