All 16 Uses of
scoundrel
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'Put your handkerchief in your pocket, you little scoundrel, or I'll murder you when the gentleman goes.'†
Chpt 4 *
- 'Bolder,' said Squeers, tucking up his wristbands, and moistening the palm of his right hand to get a good grip of the cane, 'you're an incorrigible young scoundrel, and as the last thrashing did you no good, we must see what another will do towards beating it out of you.'†
Chpt 8
- 'Send that obstinate scoundrel down; don't you hear me calling?'†
Chpt 13
- The black-hearted scoundrel!'†
Chpt 15
- With such courtesies as these, and many low bows, and the same cold sneer upon his face all the while, Ralph busied himself in showing his visitors downstairs, and otherwise than by the slightest possible motion about the corners of his mouth, returned no show of answer to the look of admiration with which Sir Mulberry Hawk seemed to compliment him on being such an accomplished and most consummate scoundrel.†
Chpt 26
- 'How could you presume to come here on such an errand, you scoundrel?'†
Chpt 29
- Cunning scoundrel! he don't think that.†
Chpt 31
- 'You are a base and spiritless scoundrel!' said Nicholas, 'and shall be proclaimed so to the world.†
Chpt 32
- 'Have you quite recovered that scoundrel's attack?' asked Ralph.†
Chpt 34
- 'Charity, to be sure,' returned Squeers, rubbing his knees, 'and when he begins to be useful in a certain sort of way, this young scoundrel of a Nickleby comes and carries him off.†
Chpt 34
- This turmoil, instead of quickly subsiding after the first outburst, (as turmoils not unfrequently do, whether in taverns, legislative assemblies, or elsewhere,) into a mere grumbling and growling squabble, increased every moment; and although the whole din appeared to be raised by but one pair of lungs, yet that one pair was of so powerful a quality, and repeated such words as 'scoundrel,'†
Chpt 43
- Some of the craftiest scoundrels that ever walked this earth, or rather—for walking implies, at least, an erect position and the bearing of a man—that ever crawled and crept through life by its dirtiest and narrowest ways, will gravely jot down in diaries the events of every day, and keep a regular debtor and creditor account with Heaven, which shall always show a floating balance in their own favour.†
Chpt 44
- I know you of old for a ready scoundrel, but you never had a stout heart; and hard work, with (maybe) chains upon those legs of yours, and shorter food than when I "pinched" and "ground" you, has blunted your wits, or you would not come with such a tale as this to me.†
Chpt 44
- 'An unnatural scoundrel!' said Nicholas, indignantly.†
Chpt 46
- Liar, scoundrel, dastard, thief!'†
Chpt 54
- Liar and scoundrel you are, in every action of your life; theft is your trade; and double dastard you must be, or you were not here today.†
Chpt 54
Definition:
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(scoundrel) someone without moral principles