pestilent
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I still remember my Pestilent Defiler revolver and my incendiary Wildcat submachine gun fondly to this day.
From Forbes • May 27, 2015
Strange winged dragons writhe about These vases, poisoned venoms spout, Impregnate with old Chinese charms; Sealed urns containing mortal harms, They fill the mind with thoughts impure, Pestilent drippings from the ure Of vicious thinkings.
From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy
Shopmen with clubs to sell handed him rackets, Rackets of sand-paper, rubber and felt, Said to secure an unplayable service, Pestilent screws and the death-dealing welt.
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various
Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying civilization and enlightenment, despite their obvious agency in this incomparable dictionary.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
Pestilent Tilly was always scheming to provoke such evils, and was always threatening his neighbors with a lawsuit.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg
Vocabulary lists containing pestilent
Romeo and Juliet
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Othello
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