Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
scold .
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- noun Obsolete form of
scold . - verb Obsolete form of
scold .
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Examples
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My aunts are triplets and my never would always scould any parents bemoaning their babies and say “now times that by 3 and that was my world”!!
twins 2009
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Mebbe weez scould be dicushin sumptin safe, like polly-ticks
Agnostic kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"I was looking for anyone who scould score tonight," Cavs coach
National Basketball Association - Cavaliers vs. Warriors 2002
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"Shure, Ma'am, we got a great scould from the praste the day."
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844
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Ye keeps all the larning an 'all the other fine things to yoursel', and then ye scould, and thritten, and hang us, 'cause we are not as wise as you.
Eugene Aram — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Ye keeps all the larning an 'all the other fine things to yoursel', and then ye scould, and thritten, and hang us, 'cause we are not as wise as you.
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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To scould you is not my intention -- nor to listen to your promises.
Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Not for your life, boys, don't _let-drive_ ne'er a one of yees, says I-- she's a woman, and a widow woman, and only a _scould_ from her birth: so they held their hands; but she giving tongue bitter,
Tales and Novels — Volume 08 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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Lave her now, and you may take your scould out another time.
Tales and Novels — Volume 08 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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He scould also explain that the same people who launched the New Labour disaster are the same people who drag the UK's reputation through the mud to glorify their strange politics. change the law to give impunity to suspected war criminals.
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