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

"Yield thee, caitiff," cried Sir Thomas, flinging himself upon the foremost, and seizing him by the collar of his doublet with an iron grip, before he could strike a blow.

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

He may be far from despising him; he may recognize his power and skill, but to be afraid of him would be the mark of the caitiff.

From The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Hughson, Shirley C.

What the deuce do you take me for, a caitiff?

From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de

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