bounder

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Helen had thought of him contemptuously as a bounder, a conceited ignoramus--he was more than these things, he was a dangerous man But why this intense antagonism?

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  1. noun Chiefly British An ill-bred, unscrupulous man; a cad.

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  • Helen had thought of him contemptuously as a bounder, a conceited ignoramus--he was more than these things, he was a dangerous man But why this intense antagonism? —  The Man from the Bitter Roots
  • Guess I better have a chat with the bounder--probably closest to the dashed thing Mr Gootes," I said impressively, "I am the man who applied the inoculator to this grass. —  Greener Than You Think
  • To put it honestly, I acted like a bounder. —  Enter Bridget
  • The erstwhile van-man was now the top-dog and he did not hesitate to extract endless amusement and delight from ordering the prisoners, among whom was his former employer, to despicable duties and harassing them right and left I had one bout with this impertinent little bounder which I do not think he will ever forget. —  Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben
  • The bounders might say he was a bounder, but they had to admit that he could give and take punishment with the best He left Eton absolutely unspoilt A year before the lad quitted the school his father sent for him I didn't want you to go to Eton, Jim," he said. —  Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs
 

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