blackguards

• “The speaker was one of those he had classified as blackguards or scoundrels, a small man with a scarred face, at least ten years older than himself, who carried no fewer than three knives.”

  With a Single Spell

• “And if there are any titled blackguards on board --”

  The Port of Missing Men

• “When proposals were made in 1863 in various quarters to publish her life, he turned like a wild beast upon the "blackguards" who "thrust their paws into his bowels" by prying into his intimacies.”

  Robert Browning

• “Did Phil Quantrell address them as "blackguards," he would be much nearer the mark.”

  The Death Shot A Story Retold

• “Oh, 'e sez we're no good, a lot o' blackguards an 'scoundrels as won't work.”

  THE SPIKE

• “Witness — Somebody responded “blackguards stop behind,” so I walked forward with the rest.”

  The Trial of William Pearson

• “Snobbles has a finely honed rapier wit, but he is a gentleman and uses it only on the deserving blackguards who cross his path.”

  "I'm Your Mama," Quoth Necessity to Invention

• “But by far, the worst scandals were perpetrated by the blackguards who manipulated the trade in essential medications and medical supplies.”

  Simon & Schuster: In The Shadow of The Cypress

• “There is nothing redeemable in the mustache-twirling blackguards who run the patriarchy for their own benefit and nothing of any complexity in the women who are their targets.”

  Film Review: The Stoning of Soraya M. « Gender Across Borders

• “The thought of Adam taking on not one but three blackguards frightened her.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Clayborne Brides

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