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And here, since he had so valiantly forborne all other wickedness, poor Mr. Dimmesdale longed at least to shake hands with the tarry black-guard, and recreate himself with a few improper jests, such as dissolute sailors so abound with, and a volley of good, round, solid, satisfactory, and heaven-defying oaths!
The Scarlet Letter 2002
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“Heathcliff, you may come forward,” cried Mr. Hindley, enjoying his discomfiture, and gratified to see what a forbidding young black-guard he would be compelled to present himself “You may come and wish Miss Catherine welcome, like the other servants.”
Wuthering Heights 2002
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The cut-throat, the poisoner, the sneaking black-guard who shoots his landlord from behind a hedge, are no doubt disagreeable people, -- so very disagreeable that in this country the common consent of mankind removes them from human society by the instrumentality of a halter.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various
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A sweetmeat is placed on the wheat-cake; a handsome young black-guard has climbed on to the top of the wall to see the dance.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Pope's "link-boys vile" are the black-guard boys of the following Proclamation.
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The lesser country-gentlemen, who have no establishments in town, rarely venture up, for fear of the footpads on the heath, and the insolence of the black-guard Cockneys.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various
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If these are our fortresses and castles, no wonder the Natives rebel; for I will be bound to take this fort with a regimt of black-guard Edinburgh boys without any artillery, but their own pop-guns.
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Finally he brought out with the guarded tone of one forcing himself to moderation of speech, "Well, the Colonel is an abominable old black-guard in public life, and his private reputation is no better."
The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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Not even the Kaiser himself, I dare say, knows the manner in which his orders to this black-guard were executed -- orders rapped out often enough, I swear, in a fit of petulance, a gust of passion, and forgotten the next moment in the excitement of some fresh sensation.
The Man with the Clubfoot Valentine Williams 1914
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We went down the street together for all the world like a "mug" in tow of one of those black-guard guides.
The Man with the Clubfoot Valentine Williams 1914
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