All 7 Uses
scoundrel
in
The Jungle, by Sinclair
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- They had a hard time on the passage; there was an agent who helped them, but he proved a scoundrel, and got them into a trap with some officials, and cost them a good deal of their precious money, which they clung to with such horrible fear.†
Chpt 2 *scoundrel = someone without moral principles
- And besides, the companies were thieves, people said—had stolen all their franchises with the help of scoundrelly politicians!†
Chpt 12scoundrelly = without moral principles
- He had done up the scoundrel pretty well—not as well as he would have if they had given him a minute more, but pretty well, all the same; the ends of his fingers were still tingling from their contact with the fellow's throat.†
Chpt 16scoundrel = someone without moral principles
- Made it all out of hogs, too, damn ole scoundrel.†
Chpt 24
- "Hamilton, you damn ole scoundrel," he roared, "I'll 'scharge you for impudence, you see 'f I don't!†
Chpt 24
- "The old scoundrel said the case was filled," he said.†
Chpt 25
- He would come back there after dark, and he would show that scoundrel whether he was good for anything or not!†
Chpt 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(scoundrel) someone without moral principles
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)