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- noun Plural form of
wanton . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
wanton .
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Examples
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-- wicked princes, rogue noblemen, titled wantons, daisy and lily innocents, traitorous marriages, murders, a gallows dangling a corpse dotted by a moon, and a woman bowed beneath.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868
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-- wicked princes, rogue noblemen, titled wantons, daisy and lily innocents, traitorous marriages, murders, a gallows dangling a corpse dotted by a moon, and a woman bowed beneath.
Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868
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-- wicked princes, rogue noblemen, titled wantons, daisy and lily innocents, traitorous marriages, murders, a gallows dangling a corpse dotted by a moon, and a woman bowed beneath.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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One anonymous source was quoted as saying, We all experienced a temporary respite from unwanted wantons during this debate, as senators were working hard and perspiring late into the night.
Dinkar Jain: Cracks on the Debt Ceiling Dinkar Jain 2011
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Frankfurt calls agents who have no second-order volitions wantons.
Compatibilism McKenna, Michael 2009
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At the end of The Widows, the disagreeable first-person-plural narrative voice of Eastwick reappears to remark: "We thanked Heaven to see the unholy wantons flee our abiding seaside hamlet."
Widcraft Lurie, Alison 2009
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Then will I speak, and this shall be the prelude of my speech: Ah, mother mine! would thou hadst had a better heart; for though thy beauty and Helen's win you praises well deserved, yet are ye akin in nature, pair of wantons, unworthy of Castor.
Electra 2008
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Oui, nous wantons un party tres massive avec les cheezpeeps en croute en disguise.
i haz fud on mah mind - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Then will I speak, and this shall be the prelude of my speech: Ah, mother mine! would thou hadst had a better heart; for though thy beauty and Helen's win you praises well deserved, yet are ye akin in nature, pair of wantons, unworthy of Castor.
Electra 2008
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Critias was attached to Euthydemus,35 aware too that he was endeavouring to deal by him after the manner of those wantons whose love is carnal of the body.
Memorabilia 2007
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