backbiter

Example Sentences

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Grey-haired, lethargic, Temugin is the easy victim of an adroit harem intrigue, and of a backbiter who convinces overlord Ung that his satellite is a traitorous rival deserving death.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s my fault, Mama. I did a really mean thing to Emily, and I’m a backbiter, and I’m going to be punished...”

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

He was a sneaking backbiter, and had a blood-hound scent after an attorney.

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel

I hev told her to her face and I will not be a backbiter.

From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

No doubt, Sir, no doubt.—I defy any man in the ship to say that I am a backbiter, even against my wife, with whom I have a sort of lawful right to deal candidly.

From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore