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Definition of Churls
1. churl [n] - See also: churl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churls
Literary usage of Churls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... Switzer churls, And they slew him in his pride. The heifer said unto the bull,
1 And shall I not complain ? There came a foreign nobleman To milk me on ..."
2. Bothwell: A Tragedy by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1874)
"... churls To coin them into service ; but a heart, If not worth love, yet loving,
and a faith That will die last of all that dies in me And last of all ..."
3. Shakespeare Studies, and Essay on English Dictionaries by Thomas Spencer Baynes, Lewis Campbell (1896)
"... a better, or richer title, than to be a good husband/' As an habitual designation
of the lowest class of churls and labourers, the term no doubt carried ..."
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