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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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But I don’t want to be too much of a churl.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

As with Stosur, it would take the dourest churl to dislike Barty, so the sight of either pulling through in Melbourne would have pleased — or will please — anyone worth knowing.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2022

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

Only if you are a churl will you deny your arm.

From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen




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