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Examples

  • "Churl," said Le Beau Disconus, "I care not for whatever you say."

    The Junior Classics — Volume 4 William Patten 1902

  • "Churl," said the Emperor, "this which thou sayest can never come to pass."

    Old French Romances William Morris 1865

  • Young man, a whisper even sprang up in obscure malignity, that one ignorant and besotted Churl (a parent) so committed himself as to object to it by name.

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood 2007

  • I personally doubt that you have the integrity, the courage or the guts to make such a move, however, because a few months of being treated like a leper, NEVER being able to hide, or stop being 'one of them' would serve to strip you of your racist fantasies of your own superiority, Churl.

    They Hate The Sunlight 2004

  • Ferdinand then advanced towards the window, and, throwing it open and listening to the rich notes of a concert of nightingales, forgot the cause of his torments -- his situation reminded him of _The Churl and the Bird_ -- he rushed with renewed madness into the cupboard, then searched for the bell, but finding none, he made all sorts of strange noises.

    Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs Henry H. Harper

  • He had slain a robber east in Jemtland's wood, and then he fared on east into Sweden, and was a messmate of Saurkvir the Churl, and they harried eastward ho; but to the east of

    The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

  • Poor miserable youth! he was a wrangler from his infancy; and his litigious temper gave him as just a title to the name of _Churl_ as his birth.

    Vice in its Proper Shape Or, The Wonderful and Melancholy Transformation of Several Naughty Masters and Misses Into Those Contemptible Animals Which They Most Resemble In Disposition. Anonymous

  • After that the Churl of the Townland of Mischance began to be afraid that Gilly of the Goatskin would be too wise for him, and would get away at the end of the three months with his wages, a guinea, a groat and a tester, in his fist.

    The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

  • The Spae-Woman wiped the tears from her face with her apron, gave Gilly a cake with her blessing, and he started off with the Churl for the Townland of Mischance.

    The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

  • After that the Churl was very careful when he gave Gilly an order to speak to him very exactly.

    The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

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