If you act like a churl you will not get a job. From LearnThat.org.
Noun : He was a churl in his affections. From Dictionary.com.
Ceorle (whence our word churl) was a countryman or artisan who was a freeman. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The instruments of the churl are and always will be evil, but the liberal deviseth liberal things, Isa. xxxii. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
The "churl" had no rights which those in office were bound to respect. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
If it takes a special kind of churl to be appalled at the sight of young people in love, then the studios have made sourpusses of us all. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
12.4 For the proper mediæval horror of 'churl's blood,' see. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series] Reference
"churl" as he often frankly called himself; but precisely because of his lowly origin he loved her all the more intensely. From Wordnik.com. [Komediantka. English] Reference
With such levelling down to the churl who for shape. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 19, 1891] Reference
Add to the litany of incivility indicia the rancid churl. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel: Olfactory Terror at 36K Feet] Reference
'Ah, churl!' cried Sir Kay, 'thou needst a lesson from me. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
I will pay a high price for you to be respected by a churl. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
He lies within his bloody grave -- a churl usurps his state. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
The condition of the churl and the liberal, how different then!. From Wordnik.com. [The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character] Reference
A story is told of Paddy More, a great stout uncivil churl, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Hallowe'en] Reference
"Oh, he was no churl, but a pleasant gentleman with a soft voice.". From Wordnik.com. [Pixy's Holiday Journey] Reference
Another method -- the death of Kjartan as it appeared to a churl 240. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
A twentieth century poet conceives of the woman who was "no churl" as. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
Thousands, thirty, would they tip thee as a churl they'd tip a crown?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892] Reference
"Unmuffle that churl," pursued the knight, manifesting some impatience. From Wordnik.com. [The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century] Reference
He cleared his throat and Emily realized she was behaving like a churl. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
'Those thou shalt never have, thou churl,' replied the lady scornfully. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
"What a churl he was!" continued Madge, not heeding the words of Peverell. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829] Reference
Once Goldeboru is married to a churl, she cannot inherit the English throne. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Minogue: A Champagne Toast to the 50 percent Who Stay Married] Reference
ASV: The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews Shut Down By Rightwing Web Warfare] Reference
But now the spendthrift kindness of the populace squandered a kingdom on a churl. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
He was ashamed to tell her that he was poor, and he stole that he might not seem a churl. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
KJV: The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews Shut Down By Rightwing Web Warfare] Reference
But the film is also robust, amiable and so warm-hearted you'd be a churl to take against it. From Wordnik.com. [Made in Dagenham] Reference
Cuchulain came in and gave the churl a blow with his sword, so that he made two pieces of him. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge] Reference
True, the man of her choice was not a reprobate: he was not even a low-born, unmannerly churl: Don. From Wordnik.com. [Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside] Reference
My son, I pray thou mayest be happier than thy sire, but like him otherwise, then thou shalt be no churl. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
'The dark churl should not have made fight,' said Fergus, 'against the great Hound whom he could not contend with (?).'. From Wordnik.com. [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference
He had courage, for he was smaller than I. 'Twas the spirit that prompts a gentleman, however puny, to despise the churl, however big. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
And when a man is at home and happy with a book, sitting by his fireside, he must be a churl if he does not communicate that happiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Guide to Reading — the Pocket University Volume XXIII] Reference
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