meanie
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Curiously, the character the musical represents most fully isn’t uncertain Andy or meanie Miranda, but cucumber-cool Nigel.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
The “Peanuts” characters appear throughout, and meanie Lucy directs some insults at Charlie Brown, as usual.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2021
My husband then began egging our children on with comments about how it’s too bad we can’t have a pet because mom is being a meanie.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2021
“Evil doesn’t care if you’re nice,” he declares, which is certainly the case with the villain of the piece, a meanie with a robotic claw named — what else?
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Being the meanie that he was, he moved slowly, getting great pleasure from Father Time’s fear.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
According to the letter, Twitter is a bunch of big meanies that aren’t giving Musk the information he needs to close the transaction, specifically about bots and spam.
From The Verge ● Jun. 10, 2022
Even by the meanies in the City of Brotherly Love, who have alternated between serenading Simmons with lusty boos and defending his game through clenched teeth.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2021
Another gadget is an inflatable hug that immobilizes meanies in its enveloping embrace.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Meanies do as meanies see, and Mr. Merkley never said a peep as Mr. Reid set a new low standard for public behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2016
One reason I don’t respond to any comments is because I don’t want the meanies to know I’m actually reading what they wrote.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2010
