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- noun Plural form of
dreader .
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Examples
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But as those who are not "evil-doers" are seldom "evil-dreaders," the Queen and the Prince always dismissed the idea of such a danger with something like bright incredulous scorn, which proved in the end wiser than cynical suspicion and gloomy apprehension.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 Sarah Tytler 1870
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But to suppose he would dethrone or slay his brother's son -- Fie, Ramorny! put me not to quote the old saw, that evil doers are evil dreaders.
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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But to suppose he would dethrone or slay his brother’s son — Fie, Ramorny! put me not to quote the old saw, that evil doers are evil dreaders.
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And you know, Mr. Balfour, we have a proverb in the country that evil-doers are aye evil-dreaders. "
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And you know, Mr. Balfour, we have a proverb in the country that evil-doers are aye evil-dreaders. "
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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