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
When I am in the bill at Les ambassadeurs, the place is always full of English—my songs are canaille, aren't they? really canaille.
From Woman and Artist by O'Rell, Max
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
"Yet, monsieur," said the priest, "when you arrested him first, it was not as one of the canaille, but as the son of the outlawed Count de Montresor."
From The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia by De Mille, James
