Knaves
[neɪvz]
Examples
- And how the high-born knaves enjoyed it! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I determined to ask Joe why he had ever taught me to call those picture-cards Jacks, which ought to be called knaves. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His head was not strong: the knaves he lived amongst fooled him beyond anything I ever heard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And this is old Fitzurse's boasted policy, encouraging these malapert knaves to rebel against us! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Why should you leave all the gains to the gluttons, knaves, and impostors? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He spoke well, very well; such an harangue would have succeeded better addressed to me singly, than to the fools and knaves assembled yonder. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I say to thee, priest, contrive some cast of thine art to keep the knaves where they are, until our friends bring up their lances. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Hear me, Rebecca, he said, proceeding with animation; a better chance hast thou for life and liberty than yonder knaves and dotard dream of. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Do you give ground, base knaves! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Send these loitering knaves up hither, said the Saxon, impatiently. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typed by Amalia