caitiff

Example Sentences

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If a celebrated classroom caitiff like Peck's Bad Boy or Huckleberry Finn were to cut his swath through a U. S. school today, he would probably get off with a restrained scolding.

From Time Magazine Archive

And will any one say that he is not a miserable caitiff who sells his own divine being to that which is most godless and detestable and has no pity?

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt

Ah! caitiff," said Grasp, "thou were't ever a devil to spy out a farthingale.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

To be reserved and caitiff in goodness is the sordidest piece of covetousness, and more contemptible than pecuniary Avarice.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various

Thereupon the villein, the caitiff, the felon, climbeth up and taketh the bird.

From Tales from the Old French by Various