cad
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The novel reads like a wintry elegy to the once proud cad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Handsome and popular, his bad boyfriend would be a stock cad in any other movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
In the past, words or phrases deemed to have stepped over the line include "impertinent dog", "cad", "blethering", "guttersnipe" and "git".
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
After the band raced through “Have Mercy,” an early Judds hit about a hopeless cad, Wynonna grabbed a stack of scrap paper.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
“You carried off one of my stockings last night, and you are a thieving cad, and I hope Mrs. Dudley can hear me.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
You excel at playing cads — Withnail, Jack Hock and now J.M.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2023
There may be nothing princely about Bitton’s portrayal, but he’s so much more lovable than the posh cads of swankier Benedicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
The character was probably based on acting colleague - and fellow portrayer of cads - Terry-Thomas.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022
He refused to play cowards or cads and took on characters, especially in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” of almost divine goodness.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
It was bad enough for the poor boy to have to submit to the degradation of going to work, without putting up with the insults of a—of a—a—” “Set of cads, ma,” said the lad.
From The New Mistress A Tale by George Manville Fenn
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