ill fame
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There is, of course, a good reason for am-dram's ill fame.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2012
Each of them have already made unfathomable sums of money and known, for good and ill, fame at its most hardcore.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010
I found afterwards that my steed had a very bad character all over the country; his ill fame, however, was slightly redeemed by the fact that he was a good goer.
From Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by Windham, W. G.
The country is full of stories concerning it, and it has long had an ill fame.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
His ill fame increased in still greater proportion, especially when he assumed the airs of a sorcerer.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles
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