common scold
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of common scold
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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"He is not to be a common scold," he wrote in an opinion reprinted recently in the Atlantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a loud roar of rage, the felicity of phrasing and invaluable candor of a common scold, he immediately started to set things to rights.
From Time Magazine Archive
He envisions himself as a kind of public conscience to the profession, and succeeds at least in being its common scold.
From Time Magazine Archive
Catherine Cairns was arrested as a common scold, clapped in jail to mend her talk.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'm here merely in the office of chaperon and common scold.
From The Iron Trail by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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