Legree

[ li-gree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Legree pursed pontifical lips for a reply and was annoyed when Morgan paused only momentarily.

He knew just how to handle Simon Legree, and without Suggs things went fairly smooth—on the surface.

He bears the same relation to gambling that Simon Legree bore to the institution of slavery of fifty years ago.

I particularly urge you to find Legree, who whipped Uncle Tom to death.

Give me a week or two to rest, and I'll be back in the lab bossing all of you like a Simon Legree.

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