All 6 Uses
scoundrel
in
The Nose, by Gogol
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- You scoundrel!†
*scoundrel = someone without moral principles
- He turned round in order to tell the gentleman in uniform that he was only a state-councillor in appearance, but really a scoundrel and a rascal, and nothing else but his own nose; but the nose was no longer there.†
- But just as he was about to order the coachman to drive to the police-station, the idea occurred to him that this rascally scoundrel who, at their first meeting, had behaved so disloyally towards him, might, profiting by the delay, quit the city secretly; and then all his searching would be in vain, or might last over a whole month.†
- Having decided on this course, he ordered the coachman to drive to the advertisement office, and all the way he continued to punch him in the back—"Quick, scoundrel!†
- I only want you to insert an advertisement to say that whoever brings this scoundrel to me will be well rewarded.†
- Another singular thing is that the principal culprit in the matter is a scoundrel of a barber living in the Ascension Avenue, who is now safely locked up.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(scoundrel) someone without moral principles
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)