Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
1I'm here merely in the office of chaperon and common scold.
2He was made to order for the position of common scold in a country sewing-circle.
3He had the tongue of a common scold, and he used it with malevolent abandon.
4I could do nothing, though I talked till I was no better than a common scold.
5Treason was punished with death, and common scolds were ducked in a pond until they were glad to hold their tongues.
6"You're getting to be nothing better than a common scold, Ern," returned Roger with a laugh.
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