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
"Yet," came the somewhat dubious observation, "even Arthur's table had its caitiff knights, if you remember."
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
This caitiff had the charge of the fair one whom I worshipped, and for whom I was dying of grief.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Pisan, Christin? de
Think not of us—think not of revenging yourself upon this caitiff.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The Commander-in-chief of the Body-Guard was spokesman on behalf of the caitiff.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
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