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Definition of Scoffed
1. scoff [v] - See also: scoff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoffed
Literary usage of Scoffed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1903)
"These ingredients are just what Mr. Zangwill himself as dramatic critic has
scoffed at and condemned a play for, as if they accounted for its sins. ..."
2. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"She does n't," affirmed Mrs. Chester. " Oh ! " scoffed Jenny, incredulously.
And here came a long argument against a match with a Me ..."
3. Walter Savage Landor: A Biography by John Forster (1869)
"No weakness or absurdity is half so much scoffed and scouted as a new or unusual
rhyme." From the same letter we learn that he had been lately READING ..."
4. Woman ; her diseases and their treatment by John King (1870)
"This method of closing fistulous openings in cavities was suggested by Dr.
Bozeman, of Alabama; and, although it has been scoffed at as a useless ..."
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