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someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
- During the night-watches some cynical old sailors will crawl into them and coil themselves away there for a nap.Chapters 94-96 -- A Squeeze of the Hand; The Cassock; The Try-Works (55% in)
There are no more uses of "cynical" in Moby Dick.
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