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churl

[churl] / tʃɜrl /
NOUN
a rude and ill-bred person
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NOUN
person overly concerned with saving money
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Barabak: You would have to be a churl not to respect and admire Vance’s career path, which, to use a phrase oft-heard Monday might, truly embodies the American Dream.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2024

And you’d have to be a churl not to like it.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2019

But you’d be an awful churl to insist upon making the argument.

From The Guardian May 27, 2017

But with the superb singing on display, I am beginning to feel like a churl for citing any flaws.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2015

Now the bird was full of guile, so presently he made answer to the churl.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason




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