'canaille', but anything of 'sangre asul' had a charm for her. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2] Reference
So he, too, was goaded by these military canaille. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
Even Sharpe laughed in their faces: such canaille. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
He was the sole aristocrat among a crowd of canaille. From Wordnik.com. [Flush: a biography] Reference
After all he was getting the better of the military canaille. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
"English canaille, " Germain amplified, breaking off his song. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
“Insolent fellow!” says the Baron, “vat is dis canaille?”. From Wordnik.com. [Cox's Diary] Reference
That vanity which characterises the French extends even to the canaille. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
Surely there is nothing in the canaille to recommend it to your aesthetic soul. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 38] Reference
His name was German, and he was in a German firm; therefore he was a "canaille d'allemand"; so off they went. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915] Reference
Mogador from without, the Berber and Arab tribes, aided by the canaille of the Moors, plundered the city from within. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
And when I am inside the city I will be in much greater danger from that Roman canaille than I was in the field today. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
The inhabitants of Boulogne may be divided into three classes; the noblesse or gentry, the burghers, and the canaille. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
Let this rascal canaille bawl and bray as they please. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX.] Reference
Minister des Beaux Arts. But keep clear of the canaille. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
But I use the canaille for my purpose -- I don't mean to enthrone it. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
Yet to a man without ambition or interestedness, politicians are canaille. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3] Reference
Kanaka is to me decidedly objectionable, as conveying the idea of canaille. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference
Ah, such canaille should be beaten, as dogs are beaten, till they follow at heel. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Girl] Reference
"I know," says Camille, "that they (the Hebertists) have all the canaille with them.". From Wordnik.com. [Zanoni] Reference
O the accursed canaille, I have lived amongst them for my sins these eight years, at Oran and here. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula] Reference
He was, moreover, no friend to the populace, to the canaille, and he had a particular aversion to the nationals. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula] Reference
Nearly all that newspaper canaille, which swarm in your hotel, are English, and while they are correspondents of. From Wordnik.com. [Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom] Reference
I care not to encounter its mud-larkes, and lovers of garbage, its thieves, impostors, liars, and canaille, in general. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock o' Glenwarlock] Reference
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