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blighter
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synonyms: blackguard, varlet, cur, villiago, human paraquat ???
tags: [britain]
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Definition:(Britain, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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"[I]f I had known that Pine was such a blighter as to leave me nothing, I'm hanged if I'd have allowed him to be buried in such decent company."
Fergus Hume. Red Money
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PRIVATE COMPTON: He doesn’t half want a thick ear, the blighter. Biff him one, Harry.
PRIVATE CARR: (To Cissy.) Was he insulting you while me and him was having a piss?
James Joyce. Ulysses
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a girl whose swift intelligence enabled her to understand what the hell all these cryptic blighters were talking about
P. G. Wodehouse. The Girl in Blue, p.8 (1971)
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