“Most blackguardly thing I ever saw,” George continued. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
Even matched against the blackguardly egoism of what you call genius? —. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
He wanted to pop each of them square in the nose for their blackguardly insubordination. From Wordnik.com. [Aching for Always] Reference
Practically, for a young boy, it is better to treat the whole thing as dirty, nasty, and blackguardly. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis] Reference
The contents of this horrible, atrocious, grotesque and blackguardly letter were as follows, word for word. From Wordnik.com. [A Raw Youth] Reference
Characterizing adjectives, on the other hand, include doughy 'being like dough' and blackguardly 'being like a blackguard'. From Wordnik.com. [Topping Shakespeare? Aspects of the Nobel Prize for Literature] Reference
I would ask that the severest penalty allowed be inflicted on the accused for his unwarranted, unmanly, and blackguardly conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Duty, and other Irish Comedies] Reference
Who are those blackguardly scoundrels in the fowl run?. From Wordnik.com. [Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm] Reference
A. "But that would be a shameful and blackguardly action.". From Wordnik.com. [Phaethon] Reference
"Yes, blackguardly!" rejoined Sanine, with a scornful smile. From Wordnik.com. [Sanine] Reference
My spectacles are blackguardly, he said, but Im not. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of the President] Reference
"What a blackguardly thing to do!" shouted Yourii in Sanine's face. From Wordnik.com. [Sanine] Reference
"A blackguardly, cowardly trick with that nasty old alligator's head.". From Wordnik.com. [Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah] Reference
'You may count on me,' he said, 'for this is black, blackguardly treason. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
"I said it was a blackguardly, cowardly thing to say behind a man's back.". From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne] Reference
The talk of nearly the whole school is getting most blackguardly; shamelessly so. From Wordnik.com. [Eric, or Little by Little] Reference
P. "Such an act would be to be restrained, not merely as blackguardly, but as impious.". From Wordnik.com. [Phaethon] Reference
And then suddenly he did something so extremely blackguardly that everything was at an end. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies] Reference
The man was a rougher-looking person, more blackguardly, perhaps, in appearance, but not so dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Hogarth's Will] Reference
For the first time since they had met Annette found herself positively liking this blackguardly floor-smiter. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Upstairs and Other Stories] Reference
It was a blackguardly thing to do, but I thought of nothing except myself, my wrong, and how I was to wipe it out. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinster 1905] Reference
"And look sharp, for there are a lot of low blackguardly-looking fellows coming up, and we don't want another row.". From Wordnik.com. [Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser] Reference
` And you let that big, ugly, blackguardly warmint thrash you like that? 'he says, in his fierce way -- just like that. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap] Reference
I have never got quite as far as rattlesnakes, because rattlesnakes have a blackguardly, welshing look that I don't approve. From Wordnik.com. [The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
It seems, therefore, that it is indifferent to the spirit of truth whether that which it affirms be honourable or blackguardly. From Wordnik.com. [Phaethon] Reference
"Look here," cried the lieutenant angrily, "I want the names of the men who played this blackguardly trick upon the poor fellow.". From Wordnik.com. [Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser] Reference
Where he got his blackguardly ways from I'm not saying, but it wasn't from my side of the house anyway, so it wasn't, and that's a moral. From Wordnik.com. [Here are Ladies] Reference
"Pioneer," venerable "Pioneer," and you not less honest press of India, who are occasionally dull but never blackguardly, what could I say?. From Wordnik.com. [American Notes] Reference
"My spectacles are blackguardly," he said, "but I'm not. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare] Reference
You must have been brought up in a blackguardly school. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Trader's Wife 1901] Reference
"Just out here at the edge of town in a blackguardly sort of dive. From Wordnik.com. [Marion's Faith.] Reference
I 'all manners o' blackguardly street-rows, an 'killin' rats, an 'fightin' like divils. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers Three] Reference
"If any man," cried Stuart thickly, "dares to say that that blackguardly lie is true I'll kill him. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers of Fortune] Reference
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