caitiff

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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

He may be far from despising him; he may recognize his power and skill, but to be afraid of him would be the mark of the caitiff.

From The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Hughson, Shirley C.

What punishment was severe enough for such a caitiff?

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

"Yet," came the somewhat dubious observation, "even Arthur's table had its caitiff knights, if you remember."

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville

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