unlicked cub
Example Sentences
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Yet, amazed as I was, I would not have it supposed that I was altogether an unlicked cub.
From Simon Dale by Hope, Anthony
"On the rare occasions that I've had the pleasure of meeting my nephew I've always thought him an unlicked cub," Mr. Linton answered.
From Mates at Billabong by Bruce, Mary Grant
She hasn't any people to speak of, and she's up here now with a rotten, unlicked cub of a brother.
From The Dark Tower by Soper, J. H. Gardner
She was mentally contrasting him with the raw, uncleanly, unlicked cub, which mainly constituted her experience of the animal hight ‘boy’ of the same age.
From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram
This unlicked cub was to come and be a sort of general factotum to him, and do his best to help him with his work, and so on.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
