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Significats de virago en anglès

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amazona

A large strong and aggressive woman.

        amazona

        A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.

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              Examples for "hag"
              Examples for "hag"
              1
              When? he asked, dully remembering the drunken hag he had seen-agesago.
              Laughter in the dark
              2
              You should arrange for the hag to join the Freeing this year.
              The black prism
              3
              To this moment, he hadn't yet withdrawn any of the hag's teeth.
              Servant of a dark god
              4
              The hag was standing in the kitchen door now, still grinning evilly.
              Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
              5
              The hag laid down the coins and moved laboriously to the, table.
              The Perils of Pauline
              1
              Let them take that shrew of a wife, too! Baron Poll bellowed.
              Brotherhood of the Wolf
              2
              A sharp nose has been considered the visible mark of a shrew.
              The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13,...
              3
              I've got some more crickets for the Etruscan shrew, the Beefeater called.
              The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
              4
              You remember I did my master's thesis on rock shrew cell differentiation?
              Anvil Gate
              5
              His wife, Kate, is called a shrew on account of her ill-temper.
              Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
              1
              All semblance of harshness, and harridan-like spike-tonguedness vanished when she said adieu.
              The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper
              2
              Somehow he must get this harridan out of the way at once!
              The History of David Grieve
              3
              She had never seen anything really useful around that white-haired harridan.
              Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
              4
              He cursed her for a noisy harridan; then he said fretfully:
              The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
              5
              It was like a goad to the painted, shiny-eyed harridan on the sofa.
              Under Western Eyes
              Ús de virago en anglès
              1
              Every one was still chatting of the episode of the young virago.
              Gordon Keith
              2
              Lavinia despite her terror of the beautiful virago never lost her self-control.
              Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
              3
              But instantly the woman was transformed into a cursing and swearing virago.
              The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnic...
              4
              Yet the old virago evidently spoke from a broad background of experience.
              Birthright: A Novel
              5
              A moment later she burst like a beautiful virago into the courtyard.
              The Trampling of the Lilies
              6
              My virago can't stay long in the same place with her temper.
              The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
              7
              I stood upon the defensive between the virago and my sister's chair.
              Down the River; Or, Buck Bradford and His Tyrants
              8
              The woman who couldn't get on with you must be a virago.
              Septimus
              9
              I pity him for the prospect he has with such a virago!
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3
              10
              Gregory agreed and talked at enthusiastic length about that stern virago.
              Julian
              11
              And so the vile, vixenish virago wished the cat was dead.
              Queer Stories for Boys and Girls
              12
              The inanimate and delicate beauty then changed into a stormy virago.
              The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
              13
              My virago always gives me a dressing over the races, but I go.
              The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
              14
              A daughter of Beaumanoir does not share her lover with a crack-brained virago.
              The Path of the King
              15
              She has a very graceful virago-sleeve with handsome knots of ribbon.
              Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
              16
              He declared that they originated with that abominable virago, Mrs. Stantiloup.
              Dr. Wortle's School
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              Translations for virago
              Virago a través del temps
              Virago per variant geogràfica
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