canaille

Example Sentences

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He knew nothing of that silent middle class that struggled between genteel poverty and the impossible desire of emulating the golden canaille to which he himself belonged.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

One of the canaille, a jailer, was put on the witness stand and questioned briefly.

From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John

I have broken with 'the gentlemen' to cast my lot with the canaille.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

But to think of her partaking of hospitality—all alone, too—with the canaille of Wynford!”

From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.

I would not trust them further than the canaille itself; they are a white-livered lot in spite of their gaudy uniforms.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William