common scold
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of common scold
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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What transformed old faithful into a common scold was a series of federal safety regulations.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, as always, Khrushchev on tour turned out to be part frolicking peasant, part common scold.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the title role, Diana Sands is earth-bound but never God-intoxicated, more of a common scold than an uncommon saint.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He is not to be a common scold," he wrote in an opinion reprinted recently in the Atlantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is thus that I would see America, not as schoolmistress or common scold to the nations, but as chosen leader by example, rather than by authority.
From The Builders by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
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