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churl

[churl] / tʃɜrl /
NOUN
a rude and ill-bred person
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NOUN
person overly concerned with saving money
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Only a churl would lament the existence of these testaments to the out-of-nowhere potential of a great pop hit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021

And you’d have to be a churl not to like it.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2019

But you’d be an awful churl to insist upon making the argument.

From The Guardian ● May 27, 2017

But with the superb singing on display, I am beginning to feel like a churl for citing any flaws.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2015

Certes," saith the bird, "ye say well, for so runneth the law; and often have we heard it said that fair reasoning angers the churl.

From Tales from the Old French by Various




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