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Significados de termagant en inglés

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A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman.

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Examples for "shrew"
Examples for "shrew"
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
Uso de termagant en inglés
1
And now this-thisAntiguan termagant has denied me even that basic right.'
Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
2
For once the termagant found herself baffled, and at her wits' end.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
3
This bride was a canting hypocrite of sixty-three, covetous, and a termagant.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2
4
And then she is such a ferocious old termagant,-suchan old vulturess.
The Eustace Diamonds
5
Dangerous, unscrupulous and cruel, I thought; a man-woman, a shrew, a termagant!
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
6
At this period Sophia had certainly developed into a termagant-withoutknowing it!
The Old Wives' Tale
7
To tell me when I'm being a fool, and a termagant besides?
The bone palace
8
Meanwhile I'll try to keep the flying termagant entertained so Auntie can sleep.
The Book of Life
9
And the woman was a termagant-atleast so I've been told.
Love of Life, and Other Stories
10
This termagant humor is said to prevail only at half tides.
Tales of a Traveller
11
What can she turn out, brought up under such a termagant?
Lucy Raymond; Or, The Children's Watchword
12
I refused to speak; the senator's termagant daughter taunted me.
The Silver Pigs
13
He was taking wise precautions in view of past experiences with his termagant relative.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
14
Even the termagant wife is turned into a domestic angel.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
15
Hold on like grim death, and we can laugh at the old termagant now.
Camp and Trail: A Story of the Maine Woods
16
Mr Milksan, being of a timorous disposition, truckled to the insolence of a termagant.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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