canaille
Example Sentences
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He knew nothing of that silent middle class that struggled between genteel poverty and the impossible desire of emulating the golden canaille to which he himself belonged.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
One of the canaille, a jailer, was put on the witness stand and questioned briefly.
From In the Day of Adversity by John Bloundelle-Burton
The enemies of the church are to be found almost exclusively in the bourgeoisie, and still more in the canaille, of that literature.
From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Friedrich Schlegel
He was, moreover, no friend to the populace, to the canaille, and he had a particular aversion to the nationals.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
The canaille have taken to parade the streets, singing and shouting their odious songs, and Jocasse has suffered much from the disturbance.
From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever
