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Meanings of scoundrelly in anglès

Lacking principles or scruples.

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        Usage of scoundrelly in anglès
        1
        I should myself like to settle the business of the scoundrelly Cardinal.
        Sunrise
        2
        Then this scoundrelly whale seized a balance and set to weighing ox-fat.
        The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
        3
        Mankind are by nature benevolent creatures, except in a few scoundrelly instances.
        The Letters of Robert Burns
        4
        That scoundrelly Chow made his boast that other midshipmen patronized his place.
        Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as N...
        5
        To approach a girl in any other fashion is a mean scoundrelly thing.
        Donal Grant
        6
        I thought so, I suppose the someone is that scoundrelly Rajah.
        The Elephant God
        7
        It must be some scoundrelly trick of his-some forgery of documents.
        The Living Link: A Novel
        8
        Not that we would have believed a scoundrelly beach-comber like you--
        Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
        9
        It's a scoundrelly job, only fit for a Maltee off the Nix Mangeery.
        Two Years Ago, Volume I
        10
        This scoundrelly bastard I've befriended has little by little robbed me of everything.
        Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
        11
        Jack and Muriel have told me all about Leithcourt and his scoundrelly associates.
        The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
        12
        It was in that scoundrelly doctor's true interest to return with positive information.
        Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
        13
        Those scoundrelly spies are watching us, so that we shouldn't speak with liberals.
        The Created Legend
        14
        May the heaviest curses of time fall upon his scoundrelly soul!
        The American Union Speaker
        15
        What need of this dirty, scoundrelly trick, this diabolical, snakish farce?
        The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
        16
        Do you think he's a man who would do a scoundrelly thing-that'splain?
        The Man Who Lost Himself
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