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Significados de virago en inglés

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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"
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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To this moment, he hadn't yet withdrawn any of the hag's teeth.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
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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
Uso de virago en inglés
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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
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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
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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)
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He declared that they originated with that abominable virago, Mrs. Stantiloup.
Dr. Wortle's School
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Virago a través del tiempo
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