It said a great deal about her neighbors and her neighbors' dresses; and how her dear Delaney was sometimes "obstropolous," though in the end a mighty good man; and much more over which I hurried with all the rapidity of disgust.— Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story
Ain't she real obstropolous, Mrs. Cheeseman? I never knew a nastier-tempered girl in all my life, that I never did.— The Town Traveller
Good lack! a'has been mortally obstropolous, and out of his senses all this blessed day. "— The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
Ain't she real obstropolous, Mrs. Cheeseman?— The Town Traveller
My father did nothing for me, except to help mother to lick me, when I was obstropolous. "— Percival Keene
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