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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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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

Only a churl would object to hearing “Cracklin’ Rosie” and “Holly Holy” and “America,” the last of which was accompanied by images of a bald eagle that appeared to have come from the late 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2015

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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