losel
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of losel
1325–75; Middle English: literally, one who is lost, equivalent to los- (past participle stem of lose ) + -el -le
Example Sentences
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But oh, thou gull—thou dunderpate—thou losel knave, to lose one line moved by her sweet fingers.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John
Upon this the cavaliers checked their steeds, and requested that the foot soldiery might advance and disperse this losel crew, holding it beneath their dignity to contend with pedestrian foes.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
What more could you do, had he bestowed her upon a churl, a losel or a slave?
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
Ay," answered Skallagrim, "and that losel Hall hath parted it!
From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider
I take it not ill, like the Tinker If a trickster had foundered his muck-sled; For he loves not rough travelling, the losel, And loath would he be of this uproar.
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
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