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Many of us ink-stained wretches would give anything to have his writing chops.
OBAMA MEMOIR ADDRESSES EVOLUTION ON LGBTQ RIGHTSKATHI WOLFEDECEMBER 5, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEAfter the wretch had stabbed her in three places, he went to make his escape out at a window; but she cried out, My dear!
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEIt was evident that the dread of another period of prison life was strong upon the trembling wretch.
THE GARRET AND THE GARDENR.M. BALLANTYNEIf only the poor wretch next door knew what was in store for him!
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 109, JULY 27, 1895VARIOUSThere was a long stretch of wood country, where the wretch's most inhuman deeds had been located.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSYou don't think I am going to suffer Maude's children to be domineered over by a wretch of a step-mother—perhaps poisoned.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODAnd he cannot help it, or make it right for me, if I am such a horrid wretch that I can't keep grave thoughts in my head.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGEFrom thence he commanded the sacrilegious wretch to be thrown down into the ashes, all men thrusting him forward unto death.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe meanest wretch here in the West, if he has a quarrel, avenges himself openly and at once.
MRS. FALCHION, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERThat sacrilegious wretch, who carries on his shield the portrait of Malborgiane, his mistress!
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUEWORDS RELATED TO WRETCH
- black sheep
- blackguard
- bootlegger
- bully
- cad
- caitiff
- convict
- criminal
- culprit
- delinquent
- drunkard
- evildoer
- felon
- fink
- heel
- hoodlum
- jailbird
- loafer
- louse
- lowlife
- malefactor
- outcast
- outlaw
- pickpocket
- racketeer
- rapscallion
- rascal
- rat
- reprobate
- rowdy
- ruffian
- scalawag
- scamp
- scoundrel
- scum
- sinner
- sneak
- vagabond
- villain
- wretch
- wrongdoer
- beggar
- black sheep
- blackguard
- bully
- bum
- cad
- cardsharp
- charlatan
- cheat
- delinquent
- devil
- disgrace
- felon
- fraud
- good-for-nothing
- grafter
- hooligan
- hypocrite
- idler
- imp
- liar
- loafer
- mischief-maker
- miscreant
- opportunist
- pretender
- prodigal
- profligate
- recreant
- reprobate
- robber
- rowdy
- ruffian
- scamp
- scoundrel
- sinner
- skunk
- sneak
- swindler
- tough
- tramp
- trickster
- varmint
- villain
- wastrel
- wretch
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