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

Equally canaille, the preliminary occupations of these grisettes differed only in taste.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

"Cette canaille de R�publique!" murmured in my ear, as we drove off, my friend and host, whose sympathies were entirely with the ancien r�gime.

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David

"And am I to see my father's name insulted, and his house dishonored by such a canaille crew as this?"

From That Boy Of Norcott's by Lever, Charles James

You canaille you, vis your silly talk about ze organiste.

From Lady Maude's Mania by Fenn, George Manville