runagate

Example Sentences

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Secondly, my name needn't be told; though if the runagates knowed he was in my hands, they wouldn't think his chance any better on that account.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

Which way did the runagates go?' said Hobden.

From Rewards and Fairies by Kipling, Rudyard

We will none of your lurdans that can not pay scot and lot—your runagates that fall under the statute of outcry.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.

We who are not wise are mere exiles, runagates, enemies of our country, and madmen.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony

However, as many, or as few, as did their duty, by joining the good company of the minister, found themselves all the better for it, and more fresh for a start than the runagates.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)