Churl

(n.) A rustic; a countryman or laborer.

(n.) A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.

(n.) A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.

(a.) Churlish; rough; selfish.

编辑:奥尔加

• What money hast thou, churl? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Tell me thy name, or work thy pleasure on me--it shall never be said that Maurice de Bracy was prisoner to a nameless churl. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• If thou meanest yonder Saxon churls, said Front-de-Boeuf, their ransom will depend upon other terms than thine. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I say, name Rebecca, were it only to mortify the Saxon churls. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Saxon churls, lolling at their lazy length! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• By the bones of St Thomas, said Prince John, as they retreated, the Saxon churls have borne off the best of the day, and have retreated with triumph! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

编辑:奥尔加