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Examples
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Bozzle would be there, presenting his document, and begging that the maid might be rung for, in order that she might hear him called a knave.
He Knew He Was Right 2004
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Bozzle would be there, presenting his document, and begging that the maid might be rung for, in order that she might hear him called a knave.
He Knew He Was Right Anthony Trollope 1848
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I may be a fool: I only resent being called a knave.
The Lee Shore Rose Macaulay 1919
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So greatly was he moved that, after walking away and thinking it over, he went to her a second time and shook his fist at her and called her knave.
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight Elizabeth von Arnim 1903
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Ile be worss to the nitticall knave. then ten tooth drawings heers a head wth a pox
Sir Thomas More Anonymous 1590
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