blighter
Americannoun
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a contemptible, worthless person, especially a man; scoundrel or rascal.
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a chap; bloke.
noun
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a fellow
where's the blighter gone?
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a despicable or irritating person or thing
Etymology
Origin of blighter
Example Sentences
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The Observer's Rachel Cooke found The Master a tricky blighter, while opinion on the Guardian Film Show was by no means unanimous.
From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012
He took one Test wicket as an 18-year-old, WM Wallace of New Zealand, who succumbed to the not so bald, young blighter at Old Trafford in 1949.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
"Darn it, just set the blighter off again trying to scroll down to find out how to spell 'Tourmalet'."
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2010
In 1910, for example, when Marquis wheat was introduced, it stood off stem rusts but developed "head blighter scab"; Durham wheat overcame scab but succumbed to root rot.
From Time Magazine Archive
Right from the beginning, he was a poor, scrawny little blighter, always weeping during his first week in the dormitory because he wasn’t at home with his mommy and daddy anymore.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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