unlicked cub
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My old acquaintance, Charles Boldenough, was pronounced to be, by the tutors, as well as by the students of D—— College, "the most unlicked cub" who ever misconstrued Virgil.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
"Lady Josceline is entertaining visitors," he announced: "the Duchess of Dawn—and that unlicked cub Ingoldsby."
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
The unlicked cub aforesaid was slumbering peacefully in his corner, his long legs straight across the compartment, for we were three on that side, and there was no room to put them on the seat.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
When he was a green, uncouth, unlicked cub of a boy, like you, Stephen, he had made them.
From How to Do It by Hale, Edward Everett
The unlicked cub of a common constable seemed to eye me the more suspiciously for the flattering form of my address.
From Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
