I have it now; it is the old churl I mean.

Austin and I defied the old churl to do his worst.

And seeing an old churl hard by, he asked him what men called that castle.

How the old churl whistles and threshes the snow!

Prejudice was well known in the wars of Mansoul as an angry, unhappy, and ill-conditioned old churl.

By what magic was it that this divine sweet creature could be allied with that old churl!

And I hope Mercy did not give up dressing well, even after she was married, to please that weak-minded old churl.

"Oh, thanks, sir," said I. I could have kissed the old churl.

"Nay, old churl," said one of the revellers, "you shall not get off so lightly.

"But, Robin, she shall be in the stable and dry two hours before my old churl gets up."

"Say the truth," said his host; "you thought you were coming to an old churl, with whom ceremony was misplaced."