Worthies
[wə:ðiz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Worthy
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- Such were the two worthies to whom Mr. Pickwick was introduced, as he took his seat at the breakfast-table on Christmas morning. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These worthies suffer in the flesh and do penance all their lives, I suppose, but they look like consummate famine-breeders. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Bacon attacked dead and living worthies, tactlessly, fatuously, and unfairly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Blathers and Duff; and actually put on his hat preparatory to sallying forth to obtain the assistance of those worthies. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mrs. Yorke awarded the palm to Moravians and Quakers, on account of that crown of humility by these worthies worn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Patrick