cad
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Charlie, meanwhile, sets out to ensure that Lady Jemima’s suitor, the ne’er-do-well Thomas Smythe-Roberts, is revealed as a womanizing cad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Dabney Coleman, the beloved character actor who famously played the dastardly cad overseeing Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in “9 to 5,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
Paul is a bit of cad, and not even entertainingly awful.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 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
“Oh, come on, Grummore. I do think you are a cad not to yield You know very well I can’t cut your head off.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
They know that some people will turn out to be cads.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 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
The less you sneer at cads after this, the better.—I was so long making up my mind to it that the poor girl had to speak again.
From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Frederic Mayer Bird
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