Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The oyster-catcher, Hæmatopus ostrilegus.
- noun Same as
scoldenore . - noun One who scolds or rails.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who scolds.
- noun Local U.S., Local U.S. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.
- noun Local U.S. The old squaw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
scolds . - noun The
oystercatcher , so called from its shrill cries. - noun US, dialect The
oldsquaw .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
Etymologies
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Examples
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When he scolded another boat for being to close during the fight (which it wasn't), I then had the pleasure of watching that captain whizz 12 ounces of lead into the windshield of the scolder.
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It's exhausting to be so self-righteous -- for the scolder and those who must endure it.
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It's exhausting to be so self-righteous -- for the scolder and those who must endure it.
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Not Malik the advisor, the scolder, the one who tried to make him see reason when he was stepping out on Margo.
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
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Not Malik the advisor, the scolder, the one who tried to make him see reason when he was stepping out on Margo.
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
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Not Malik the advisor, the scolder, the one who tried to make him see reason when he was stepping out on Margo.
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
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The scolder in these situations has no earthly clue what kinds of parenting decisions have been made prior to the event they are witnessing.
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The scolder in these situations has no earthly clue what kinds of parenting decisions have been made prior to the event they are witnessing.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: September 2005 Archives 2005
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He's a fierce scolder of elites, their cheerleaders, and their jesters, chiding Harvard students for moral indifference, Tom Peters for claiming 'life is a hustle,' Jerry Seinfeld for being 'irony incarnate,' and at times sounding like mid-career Archibald Macleish pounding 'the irresponsibles.'
The West Virginian DeMott, Benjamin 2000
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But when we met any of her friends on the road, or passed the wayside shops or farm-houses, the scolder of horses was the lady who wished all _Ohaio_
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Various
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