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Meanings of caustic wit in English

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Usage of caustic wit in English
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Figures such as Victoria serve to generate much of the book's caustic wit.
The Guardian
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Pasquin, Antony, a fifteenth-century Italian tailor, noted for his caustic wit
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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Pasquin, Anthony, a fifteenth-century Italian tailor, noted for his caustic wit.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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Fernandez will play Owen, a hot Valley punk guy with a caustic wit.
Reuters
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The story was full of the blackest malice lurking in the most caustic wit.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
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His tone, however, had not lost its customary caustic wit.
Celtic fire
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As the satiric censor of his time, Carlyle found frequent occasion for caustic wit.
Halleck's New English Literature
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He had a caustic wit and his sayings were the current talk of the campus.
My Memories of Eighty Years
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He will bring independence, rigour and caustic wit.
The Guardian
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She brought her most caustic wit into play.
Two Poets
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And if Patrick were more charitable we'd be deprived of the wonderful caustic wit of his observations.
The Guardian
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He never lost an opportunity to indulge his gift of caustic wit, no matter at whose expense.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
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In her place limped a wan, shrunken, tragic little figure whose humour had soured to a caustic wit.
Cheerful—By Request
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The following favorite little story furnishes an excellent example of Saltykóff's (Shtchedrín's) caustic wit and satire:
A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections
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In person she is of dark complexion, with black hair and eyes, and strongly-marked brows, possessing much vivacity and caustic wit.
Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
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She tried her caustic wit upon him, and he looked at her out of mild blue eyes and made no reply.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 / Little J...
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Caustic wit across language varieties
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