ribald
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Ribald Radicals laughed loudly at this way of putting it.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
See you not, Sir Ribald, that my right arm is disabled, swathed, and bandaged, so that I cannot help myself better than a baby?
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Ribald ballads were howled through the streets describing his sin, and his deserved punishment.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
"What dost thou mean by Don Ribald, rascal that thou art?" said the lay brother, advancing to the top of the steps.
From A Romance of the West Indies by Sue, Eugène
You, Goose-Skin, keep him fast until you hear me cry: 'Good-evening, Sir Ribald!'
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Sue, Eugène
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