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Significados de common scold em inglês

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Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.

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        Uso de common scold em inglês
        1
        I'm here merely in the office of chaperon and common scold.
        The Iron Trail
        2
        He was made to order for the position of common scold in a country sewing-circle.
        Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 33, November 12, 1870
        3
        He had the tongue of a common scold, and he used it with malevolent abandon.
        Rainbow's End
        4
        I could do nothing, though I talked till I was no better than a common scold.
        Still Jim
        5
        Treason was punished with death, and common scolds were ducked in a pond until they were glad to hold their tongues.
        The Leading Facts of English History
        6
        "You're getting to be nothing better than a common scold, Ern," returned Roger with a laugh.
        The Forbidden Trail
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