brigand
Example Sentences
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He’s both the handsome and heroic Jamie Lockhart and, his face stained with berry juice, he’s a dashing but dastardly brigand.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2016
Proclaiming that every scurvy brigand is at heart just a Broadway gypsy between shows, it's the score's main example of roistering wit.
From Time • Dec. 1, 2010
She had been collected by some brigand or another for a friend of mine, who said she couldn't have her in the house.
From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2010
When he was but a baby brigand in the employ of the University of Pittsburgh, Calipari's recruiting tactics very nearly incited a general hooley at the Big East's annual meeting.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2010
“Be you brigand or be you devil, begone!”
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Vocabulary lists containing brigand
The Joy Luck Club
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The Shakespeare Stealer
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 6
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