Both Uses of
miscreant
in
Great Expectations
- To the boy, and with a dreadfully severe stare; foreseeing the danger of that miscreant's brushing me with it, or making some other sign of familiarity.†
Chpt 19
- Still my position was a distinguished one, and I was not at all dissatisfied with it, until Fate threw me in the way of that unlimited miscreant, Trabb's boy.†
Chpt 30 *
Definition:
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(miscreant) a person who behaves badly