单词 | blighter |
例句 | The poor blighter doesn’t even know it, but that will only make him serve us better. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Right from the beginning, he was a poor, scrawny little blighter, always weeping during his first week in the dormitory because he wasn’t at home with his mommy and daddy anymore. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Even in front of Dad and Mother, he referred to us as blighters and beggars. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘We’ll bomb the blighters!’ shouted the Head of the Air Force. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “As a matter of fact, one of those Gypsy—blighters—called here this afternoon. Around four o'clock, when housewives and children are likeliest to be at home, unprotected.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The blighters are these days raised on an epic scale, the billion-dollar industry rapidly converting entrepreneurs into farmers. TV highlights 05/07/2013 2013-07-05T05:59:00Z The Observer's Rachel Cooke found The Master a tricky blighter, while opinion on the Guardian Film Show was by no means unanimous. Close up: Bow down – it's The Master 2012-11-08T17:28:35Z Here, University of Southampton physicist Dr Helen Czerski bigs up the humble bubble, demonstrating the little air-filled blighter's importance in matters as diverse as maintaining our oceans and making champagne taste absolutely delicious. Catch-up TV guide: from The Village to Youngers 2013-04-13T05:00:04Z F Scott Fitzgerald called them "like laughing at your own jokes", and newspaper editors are dismissive of the poor blighters. From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011-01-15T00:07:06Z When we think about the risks of pelting a cricket ball, we usually think of the poor blighters being pelted by it. Why Australia's juggernaut is unstoppable 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Not too ill to secure pole position for today’s race, but finding a few fast laps is not the same as putting body and mind through 67 of the blighters. F1: German Grand Prix – live! 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z Argentina, tricky blighters who beat the Eagles in pool play this weekend, were dealt with in December in Cape Town. USA hit second Vegas jackpot to stand on top of the rugby sevens world 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Counting fish is a tricky business - they are slippery blighters. Will there be more fish or plastic in the sea in 2050? - BBC News 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z There are five of the blighters in September after the final Test, by which time the players of both England and Australia may be past caring. The Ashes, Champions Trophy and county game offer a season to savour 2013-04-06T21:00:03Z "Be thankful for small mercies, you old blighter!" exclaimed his companion. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z "Who told you blighters to come out?" shouted George, and, abandoning the wheel, he rushed forward, seized the foremost Hun by the scruff of the neck and hurled him violently against the next man. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z "I'm an ugly blighter, aren't I?" he reflected, sadly, as he handed it to me, "but I'm good." The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z That blighter really believes we are going to pay him in stamps. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z I know you consider me a young blighter who is always in love with some little piece of goods or other," continued the chastened Timothy; "but this time it is serious. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z "What are those blighters doing?" soliloquised Kenyon for the twentieth time. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z "Here you are, you careless blighter," he replied. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The only drawback to it is that the rent 'as to be paid monthly in advance, and the blighter who collects it gives no grace. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z There’s an Arab blighter of Lindsay’s who professes to know a tongue spoken by a porter who knows Wadego. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z He says, "Now then, some of you blighters, do you want to get killed?" 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z Nor did I feel very pleasant," rejoined the Secret Service man, "when that officious blighter suggested putting me under arrest and trying me in a Civil Court. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Tick the blighters off while you are about it. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z I shall never forget the way you went through that prescription, as though you had been looking over the blighter's shoulder! The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Do be a sport, and give the poor blighter a show.” Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z He would go over the lines every night if he could, and indeed had been low over the German trenches in the daytime—"shooting up the blighters" for fun. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z I don't wish the blighter any harm, but I do hope that if he pulls off the money prize they'll pay him in German marks at the pre-war rate of exchange. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z "The blighter will grip like grim death," thought Preston, as he sank fathoms down; "I'll have a deuce of a job to shake him off." The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z I fished the blighter out of the Thames and no doubt he will be thankful in his overdone, Oriental fashion. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Shouldn’t have had that much, only the blighter with the Maxim was nippy enough to get going with it while we charged over about forty yards from cover. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z We were tooling along merrily, about ten miles off the coast, when a Hun seaplane came up from Ostend—a nasty little green blighter. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z The blighters have something up their sleeves, all right. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z But those cones are tricky little blighters, forever getting in the way. Fabio Capello consistently ignored my desperate pleas to be sent off 2011-08-08T20:12:17Z "I was afraid the blighters might halve this one and need extra holes!" Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Then I'm dashed if those three blighters in their big plane didn't nearly run me down. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Look here, you blighter," she began, "what do you mean by cribbing my books and sticking them into the pound? A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z Why not turn all those theology mongers into doctors or schoolmasters? wedgecroft. As to doctors— trebell. Quite so, you naturally prejudiced blighter. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z The blighter is telling one of his men to take a pot at me. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z "Starboard, you blighter!" roared the amateur driver, tugging at one of the reins. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z I'd been to my Board in the morning, and the silly old blighters had given me another three weeks' leave before putting me on light duty. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z I don't know who that girl is, but she's an out-and-out blighter. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z "The silly blighters!—don't they see they have lost their fox?" Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z With his bare fists he beat at the door and shouted out, "Come out, you blighters, come out." From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z We'd just run alongside when the blighters heaved something overboard—looked like an elephant by the size of it. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Here we are and here we stay until the blighters choose to finish their little call, I s'pose. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Of course, he's a rotter, and a blighter, and a nuisance; but he's weak, and I shouldn't have treated him so roughly. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z We still enjoy fighting him since he is such a blighter, but nowadays it is slightly different. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z "Oh, tear it up and forget all about the blighter," said Bertie, handing it back to her. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z What sort of blighter is it who wouldn’t break his neck to be on the steps to meet such a—perfectly——All these cursed eyes, greedily signaling. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z He probably heard the blighter brag of his invention, and that would catch him as toasted cheese in a trap catches a hungry rat. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z The captain, his eyes following Trent's receding shoulders, reflected that he'd see the blighter in blazing hades before he'd let him off so easily. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Perhaps you will say "And why not, the blighters." Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z To which one might say: "Oh stop putting up with it, Kate, and if you ever get the chance, jilt the arrogant blighter." I do hope Kate Middleton has a cunning plan 2010-08-28T23:08:00Z "Darn it, just set the blighter off again trying to scroll down to find out how to spell 'Tourmalet'." Tour de France: Stage 16 - live! 2010-07-20T11:05:00Z Though she had never heard the "blighter" speak, she was as certain of his identity as of her own. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z So last minute I stepped up to do them a favour, and now I am expected to buy the little blighter presents and show up for birthdays and stuff. England v Bangladesh ? live! 2010-07-12T09:35:00Z Isn't it true that Uncle Sam came into this war really because of the sinking of the Lusitania and the fact that the Germans were such blighters in Belgium? Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z The Lower Shell, however, unanimously voted Mumford "an abject blighter," and restored Pip to his old post. "Pip" A Romance of Youth I never believe those blithering blighters who attribute their crimes to the bad example of some criminal hero of the magazines or of the stage. Witching Hill "The only way I can picture that ugly blighter being decently 'turned out,' is out of a respectable club." Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z I'm perfectly willing to admit that we behaved like a pair of little blighters with those girls at Eastbourne. Sinister Street, vol. 1 I don't want to be plagued by a lot of blighters who can't see me at all as a thirty-dollar ranch hand. The Land of Strong Men Yes, let's have a look at the blighter, men, before you carry him off to the lock-up. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel “They say some of the blighters have got round us by the flank,” said the man who shook me. The Black Watch A Record in Action "You talk as if you had a grudge against my provincial Samson," laughed Marise, whose blue eyes had followed the "blighter" along the deck to the point of disappearance. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Yet he had a feeling that Garrod might have turned out proof against the worst weapons he knew how to use, and the memory of the 'blighter's' self-confidence was demoralizing to Michael's conception of superiority. Sinister Street, vol. 1 "Beat it, you blighters, and pick out easier marks next time." The Land of Strong Men "If ever another blighter comes from Toronto," remarked Detective-Inspector Crabbett, as he mopped his brow, "it would be worth while for the Yard to subscribe �20,000 for him to disappear quietly." John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall Moreover, his second effort was more thorough, and Dickinson sorrowfully maintained that this talk about sketchy and amateurish methods was a delusion: the blighter, he said, was an artist. Years of Plenty If your blighter's such a fool as you say, you better go get him. Where the Pavement Ends "I suppose we can, though if he flings his things about like this he doesn't deserve to have them returned to him, the blighter!" groused Morland, pocketing the case with a frown. The Head Girl at the Gables "You've been in dreamland so long I was afraid the blighters had jolly well bashed in your coco." The Land of Strong Men "Good grief, the blighter is in a hurry, isn't he?" Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal "Callingham, you blighter, don't barge," or: "After you with my feet, Ginger," or: "Hack that stinker Murray, he's oiled up two places." Years of Plenty I came jolly close to yelling for you and then I sighted those German blighters over at that farm house. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk "And 'tisn't every blighter who has such a perfect woman to love," I capped him with calm conceit. The Brightener I wonder why the blighter is following me around? Dave Dawson at Casablanca Three of the blighters are taking off from the very same carrier we did. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal The main object of these blighters is just to wrap up in a perfectly unintelligible and ungrammatical jargon what everybody else can see without bothering about it. Years of Plenty Yes, I think the blighter will go to all ends to catch us. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk The Second had told me that 'the nosey blighter' had been making inquiries about the coal, with sly innuendoes dusted over his sapient remarks. Captain Macedoine's Daughter I think the blighters have patrols out hunting for us. Dave Dawson at Casablanca It all boils down to the same problem we've faced since that two-faced blighter shot us down. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal "Only fair to give the—well, blighter a sporting chance," he explained to Professor Bernardi. Collector's Item "Halt, you blighters, 'fore I run this through your bellies!" Dave Dawson at Dunkirk Wouldn't be surprised if you had a hand in it, you blighter. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 As for warming up the engines, the blighters are up and about. Dave Dawson at Casablanca We neither of us can use the radio, and those blighters back there are making no effort to catch up with us. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal Be great enough, though, even if most o' our 'ands are safe; swiggle me, fifteen o' them, and the blighters 'ave the use o' our own guns, out of the cabin. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story "Fritz is crumping down the bottom of the Avenue, sir," said a Tommy to me; "just caught several of our lads—dirty blighters: right in the trench, sir." How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. But the blighter had locked us in and that slowed us down some. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin I'm going to find out what the blighter's up to. Dave Dawson at Casablanca Don't let the blighters get away with it! Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal I'd like to twist the young blighter's neck with my bare hands! Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Better be a little town blighter with no constitution and high political principles, than your mere healthy country product of a pampered industry. Another Sheaf “Blighters,” said Kalliope, and the echoes repeated her words with emphasis, “blighters, blighters, blighters,” till the Queen came to believe it. The Island Mystery But not before one of the blighters had put a bullet through my port engine's oil line. Dave Dawson at Casablanca The blighters know about our plans to attack Guadalcanal. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal "Can't you get the young blighter to his feet?" went on Carew. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story He's got these blighters in a corner, and he'll make them pay.' Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists “Bloody blighters,” she said, and for once the epithet was appropriate enough. The Island Mystery She may be a blighter in some things, but she doesn’t funk!” The Madcap of the School "I wouldn't give that blighter the satisfaction of—" "Clam up your yap, will you?" Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal Get away from that door, you blighter, or I’ll bash your beak in!” The Dark Star "Hang it, what does any blighter want to steal it for?" he demanded in perplexity. Hurricane Island We couldn't get the blighter to move, and I ground the handle like Signor Gonedotti of Saffron Hill in the parish of High Holborn. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar "The blighter's starting, himself, now," said Talbot, as a four-two landed a hundred yards away, and pieces of earth came showering down on our heads. Life in a Tank The sorry part of it was that that "blighter" in trying to get me had shot several other men. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Here we are, boys," the voice was saying, "and here we'll always be when these treacherous blighters try their games on. Tatterdemalion We never saw the blighter without his cowl. Bandit Love Then the gels began to look saucy at me, and at last one particular bit of skirt what I’d been walking out with took to promenading with a blighter in khaki. The Rough Road Well, look here, if this little blighter keeps his place I shan't interfere. The Twelfth Hour That old blighter has been talking about taking me into partnership for the last two years. If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson "Hi, you blighter, that's my shin!" said Father Christmas wrathfully; a remark luckily unheard by the guests in the excitement of the moment. Captain Jim "Don't say no this time, sir," said the Cockney private, "or there'll be a rare shermozzle darn 'ere if some of the blighters come on top of us in the dark." With Haig on the Somme As one defaulter, whose confusion of brain had led him into trouble, observed to his mates: “What can you do with a blighter who’s a cross between a blinking Archbishop and a ruddy dicky-bird?” The Rough Road "The blighter has got hold of the code all right," remarked Laxdale. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force "Anyhow, good luck to the blighters when they reach their bloomin' heaven," answered Mac. The Tale of a Trooper Don't you remember, some French blighter said that when an innocent man was being made a political scapegoat?... The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley You never acknowledged the last lot I sent, you ungrateful blighter, and at any rate I think it's high time you wrote me a letter. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories "Let's have an avalanche and knock the silly blighters out of our valley for good and all," Winn suggested. The Dark Tower "Judging by my footsteps I must be a pigeon-toed blighter," soliloquised Wilmshurst, as he noted the turned-in prints in the soft ground. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Oh, the poor old blighter, he sells pictures which he paints himself. Isle o' Dreams Cut it, my dear old Patricia, mercilessly—yes, mercilessly, brutally, an' the precious little blighter didn't so much as call for the police. The Keepers of the King's Peace "Yes, sir," said the figure of mud, darkly louring under its tin hat, "but I know where the blighter is now, and I'll get the beggar yet." Old Junk "It must be some wretched infantry blighter," said the Major. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France "The blighters are saving it up for us for to-night," declared a trooper. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force I may say it took the best bit o' half an hour to get that blighter on to the road again an' the Left'nant prancin' round an' sayin' things a parrot would blush to repeat. Between the Lines I not only caught the blighter, but I put his light out.' War and the Weird The obvious obstruction is the obstinate "blighter" with a machine-gun in front of them. Old Junk "I bet I knows the blighter what sent that there bomb," he growled. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France "There's the room just as those poor blighters of Belgians left it," continued the sergeant. Tommy And if we hadn't kept the little blighter back by force he was going to make a speech to the old man when it was all fixed up. Mufti To which chipped in a third, "Yes, and somethink to keep the blighters from shooting us in the back wouldn't 'ave done us much 'arm, anyway." The Defence of Duffer's Drift Break one's heart to lose the blighters, don't you know. No Man's Land "Is that the blighter whom poor old Hayes had to threaten with his revolver the day before we were gassed?" Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France "Whoever the blighter is he's got brains," said the Major. Tommy Corporal, I can see 'alf-a-dozen of them blighters coming along about a mile away. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 "Think of those Rugby blighters having all the luck," he protested. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 22, 1916 Run at it, you blighter; run, snarl, spit. No Man's Land It was worth it," he panted as he rolled in his saddle, "to see the poor blighters scatter. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France "But isn't that better than being a permanent blighter?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 We are going to crawl along that hollow on the flank and enfilade the blighters.' Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 "The blighters have got a new way of worrying us now," went on the adjutant. Pushed and the Return Push Jab, jab—you blighter; for God's sake use your gun as if you loved it. No Man's Land No wonder the poor blighters fled, for Jimmy Wynter must have looked like Beelzebub as he charged down on them. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Own up, you cowardly blighters which of you has taken them where are they? A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa "I don't know from Adam what it was all about," he declared, "but I longed to torpedo the blighter under the table." Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 “But I say—That big blighter—” “We think he’s one of the ghosts!” The White Invaders You ought to have seen the way this blighter could shift his cigar right across his face with moving his jaw-muscles. Jill the Reckless Oh, yes, of course he'd get out and wait over, and do his bit to help 'em find his chum—poor, silly blighter! Ambrotox and Limping Dick “See that blighter,” he yelled across to Raft. The Beach of Dreams The blighters clapped us into the small after-hold, but totally forgot there was such a thing there as a propeller tunnel. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers I know him—poisonous blighter—and he'll be shoved down your throat, sure as fate. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley But most, when tongues of golfers wag, Talking their dreadful shop Of rotten luck and stymies laid And chip-approaches, Taylor-made— Oh, then I want a standard gag To make the blighters stop. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 I bet some of the bits in Genesis and Samuel are hotter than anything the blighter said. The Loom of Youth She called me 'a jealous blighter,' and so I was! A Popular Schoolgirl And then from beneath the bed clothes came— "Y-e-s … the blighters!" The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure It was a blighter's trick to do, when she was paying my school fees. The Luckiest Girl in the School "Beg pardon, sir, but there's another of those blighters tap-tapping alongside, our end." Sea Warfare FitzMorris set out on his Easter holidays contented with himself and the world, in the firm belief that he had thoroughly squashed that blighter Clarke. The Loom of Youth "I had to go with the blighters," said he. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital But I don't see how we can intrude into those blighters' little show.' The Parts Men Play Now I've got trouble with the plumbers, and I want to give the blighters—well, I can't say it to you, but you know what I mean. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917 "Seems as if them two blighters came round a turnin', judging from the nearness of their voices, sir," said Dollops, with entire sense. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame I expect you opened the blighter's eyes a bit. The Loom of Youth Even if we could crumple up this blighter it's not cricket—we need those Pindari chaps—but not as dead men. Caste Of course, it's a rotten thing to say, but if the blighter's really going to die, I hope he's one of the seventeen who stand between me and the Earldom of Forth.' The Parts Men Play Of course if you refused you were a "blighter" of the worst description. Fanny Goes to War "Traced the blighter wiv the straggling whiskers on 'is lip, anyway!" he said, triumphantly, casting still another glance over his shoulder in the direction of the door, and lowering his tones still further. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame First this blighter does the school a lot of harm by swearing; and then he is in too much of a funk to own up, and we get in a row for it. The Loom of Youth "Curse the blighters—they'll mess up my leave, it's due in a week's time." Combed Out For the hour of his utter discredit Has struck and the blighter must go If the Carmelite organs have said it It's bound to be so. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 A Cockney member of our company, after catching a particularly active jumper, called out: "Now then, you blighter, where is your respirator?" A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire What was this blighter of a detective doing at the villa? The Voice in the Fog Her parents were kinder and better she thought than they had before appeared to her, and her sisters and brother seemed endued with warmer affections and blighter virtues than they had ever possessed. Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two I detach you,' says he, 'to search the blighter out an' request him to lift his crop without delay. Nicky-Nan, Reservist The blighters have taken particular pains with the Sikhs. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India "No," replied the driver; "but I'd like to know how Noah got two of these blighters into the Ark!" More Toasts "A sporting little blighter I met at the Brasserie Opera told me he hadn't anything to do, anyway." Simon Called Peter "One of our chaps," you say casually, recognising him by his boots or khaki, or "Poor blighter—a Hun!" Carry On Letters in War-Time I slept for three months next to a beastly blighter who used to come in drunk and tread on my face and be ill all over me. The Tree of Heaven And when I tried to move him on, that little blighter of a monkey made a run at my leg; and then the man grinned and started playing, 'Wait till the Clouds roll by.' John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman So while we wait and chew the cud Don't let the matter flop; For Gawd's sake write and let us know What makes the blighter stop. More Toasts Some blighter's written from the A.C.G.'s office, and I've got to get a movement order from the Colonel of the group, whatever that means. Simon Called Peter Consider all the poisonous young blighters that one sees about town just now. The First Hundred Thousand I heard a rumble in his throat that sounded like "silly blighters." The Secret City This pot-bellied blighter not only butts into an area which doesn't belong to him, but actually leaves a chit to warn people off the grass even when he isn't here! All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Nibletts said—under his breath—that they were what was known as "blighters." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 Some o' these Peace blighters seem to think he's a little angel, basin' their opinion, I suppose, on something I must 'a' missed during my time out. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 25, 1917 "Makes you proud to think you are one of the Ruling Rice to look at the silly blighters, don't it?" he persisted. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life I dare say it's not an easy thing to stop those blighters, but I've faith in the justice of God. The Soul of the War But heaven pity that black-moustached blighter if I ever get my hands on him.' On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles "Shoot the blooming blighter in the eye," said one movie man playfully. In the Claws of the German Eagle "I just wondered," he said breathlessly, "if those blighters had done any damage to my vegetables." Action Front Could the blighter be actually looking to see whether there might be room for him, and meditating entry? Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life He rubs his hand at the thought that he has "done in" quite a number of the "German blighters." The Soul of the War Next question is whether the blighters will get us.' On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles Now Kelly was no fighter; He loved his pipe and glass; An easygoing blighter, Who lived in Montparnasse. Ballads of a Bohemian "Much use me acting to deceive the Germans if some silly blighter in another bit o' the line goes and gives the game away." Action Front Aronson, the novelist, proved on acquaintance the worst kind of blighter. Mr. Standfast He was a Bavarian, it seemed, and we drank to the health of Prince Rupprecht, the same blighter I was trying to do in at Loos. Greenmantle "The blighter can't have had anything to eat for a month." Of Human Bondage Now," I say, "I can kill you fine; But tell me first, you Teutonic blighter! Rhymes of a Red Cross Man "You miserable, misbegotten blighter of a wall-eyed American——" At this point he became unprintably profane, and Doggott fell upon him with the laudable intention of throwing him out. The Bronze Bell "I have a matter of ten minutes to catch my train at Charing Cross, and I'm not going to break my leave for you blighters." The Box with Broken Seals I was merely repeating the blighter's own assertion. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf "It isn't for us at all; it's my pal the V.C. who has come home and bottled the other blighters." Mr. Justice Raffles Yet some of 'em buzzed onhealthily near, And one little blighter just chipped me ear. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man He annexes the blighter by the left ear an' right foot an' sets him to work peelin' potatoes. Traffics and Discoveries Don't you worry about them there blighters, my darling. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Did you see that blighter who went out just now? A Man of Means He had the aspect of a distinctly resolute blighter. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories I've seen so much of bloody death I don't seem for to care, If I can only even up, how soon the blighters get me. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man Said Pyecroft, with a sigh: "The amount o' trouble me an' my bright spurs 'ad fishin' out that information from torpedo coxswains and similar blighters in pubs all this afternoon, you would never believe." Traffics and Discoveries I said sadly, and the blighter scudded off. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories A more moral set of blameless wasters than the blighters who constitute modern society you never struck. A Man of Means But I recollect that the poor blighter spent much of his valuable time dumping the corpse into ponds and burying it, and what not, only to have it pop out at him again. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories "Nothing would have convinced my Aunt Agatha that I hadn't lured that blighter into riotous living." My Man Jeeves Curse the cowardly blighter who wrecked those crosses! Over the Top The blighter was a blaze of mauve from the ankle-bone southward. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories The blighter goes up," he explained, as he conducted the party into the arena, "and then he stands on his head and goes round in circles. A Man of Means You glance across No Man's Land and say, "Those blighters are wrong; I'm right." The Glory of the Trenches I wanted, of course, to rush down to Washington Square and grip the poor blighter silently by the hand; and then, thinking it over, I hadn't the nerve. My Man Jeeves He knew him—one of those good-looking blighters; one of those oiled and curled perishers; one of those blooming fascinators who go about the world making things hard for ugly, honest men with loving hearts. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories There were tears in the old blighter's eyes as he got on the subject of the clear soup. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories "Who was that blighter?" he demanded with heat, when the music ceased and Sally limped back. The Adventures of Sally Then I heard her give a little sigh; and instantly I forgot everything—my hatred, my two lost dances, the pink-faced blighter—everything. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel A mild, furtive, sheepish sort of blighter, in short. My Man Jeeves The blighter has sent Kathleen a tie of some kind— probably a scarf with his college or club colours. Kathleen "Will you give me a sporting two to one, Jeeves, judging from what you have seen of him, that this chappie is not a blighter or an excrescence?" Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories "The blighter had been overeating from birth," said Ginger. The Adventures of Sally I mean the blighters whose best club is the book of rules. The Clicking of Cuthbert There used to be all sorts of attempts on the part of low blighters to sneak him away from me. My Man Jeeves Didn't want to let these English blighters get ahead of me, especially after all the ragging Indiana Joe got in the story. Kathleen I must say, much as I disliked the blighter, I couldn't help feeling that he had right on his side. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories "I interview divers blighters and tell 'em your brother is out and take their names and addresses and... oh, all that sort of thing." The Adventures of Sally "Large bottles, you blighter!" he yelled after the back of the astonished marine who went out to fulfil this remarkable order. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 29, 1917 I couldn't believe that this was the same blighter who had sat and sucked his stick the day before. My Man Jeeves I don't wish to be in any way harsh," said Psmith, without looking up, "but the man who invented this thing was a blighter of the worst type. Mike and Psmith Aunt Dahlia interrupted at this point to observe that these Traverses seemed to be a pretty soppy couple of blighters, to judge by their dialogue. Right Ho, Jeeves But this blighter Foster somehow—nobody seemed very keen on him. The Adventures of Sally "What I had in my mind was the impudence of the blighter," he said shrilly. The Postmaster's Daughter She talked about the poor blighter as if he wasn't there. My Man Jeeves Well, sir, it's a sort of mixture of my mother; she was class, the blighter who come after my father, and the Board School—" "Of course! The Secret of the Tower On the contrary, I was heart and soul in favour of healing the breach and rendering everything hotsy-totsy once more between these two young sundered blighters. Right Ho, Jeeves Nasty shock for a girl, finding blighters under her bed. The Adventures of Sally You ought to have seen the way this blighter could shift his cigar right across his face without moving his jaw-muscles. The Little Warrior "I suppose it bowled the poor blighter over absolutely?" My Man Jeeves He knew that the old blighter had to be humored in certain small ways, as, for example, in regard to the combination knife-and-fork—and the reason for it. The Secret of the Tower "I'm not saying I don't love the little blighter," he said, obviously moved. Right Ho, Jeeves You know," he said, "I don't enjoy chatting with this blighter. The Adventures of Sally I am poor blighter with no profession and nine 'undred francs. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories That is, if those blighters don't put me in jail for getting that money out of them. Uneasy Money The house-door might possibly be negotiated, though at the probable cost of arousing the notice of Beaumaroy—and of the old blighter himself. The Secret of the Tower I just shin up on the platform, drop a few gracious words, hand the little blighters their prizes, and hop down again, admired by all. Right Ho, Jeeves Well, the thing ended in the blighter hauling him out from under the chair and getting more and more shirty, until finally he laid into him with a stick. The Adventures of Sally He but pays the pain he suffers; Clipping, like a pair of snuffers, Lights which ought to burn the brighter For this temporary blighter. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe Having observed 'About now the blighter is cursing the waiter for bringing the wrong brand of champagne,' he relapsed into a silence which he did not again break. Uneasy Money "He never leaves the old blighter alone later than eleven o'clock or so, and rarely as late as that." The Secret of the Tower It's the ones that have won prizes that I'm worrying about, the little blighters who will come up on the platform. Right Ho, Jeeves "Well, if you want to know," he said, "the old blighter fired me the day before yesterday." The Adventures of Sally These western girls are not brought up to understand such blighters as we are. Her Weight in Gold What it came to was that the doctor was a chump and a blighter. Uneasy Money "If you ask me, I think the blighter is barmy," asserted the Briton. The Unspeakable Perk As sure as there was a blighter at a picnic I had to swing her, and feed her, and drive her home. Tales of Men and Ghosts You've no notion how well all these blighters here seem to be able to get along without my help. The Adventures of Sally So that blighter Somers, accusing him of cowardice, was a ghastly liar. The Red Planet He wished five or six starving beggars would come along; it would be pleasant to give the poor blighters money. Uneasy Money I propose to speak pretty chattily to these blighters, and in the heat of the moment one or two expressions might occur to me which you would not like. Love Among the Chickens I had a frightful row with a blighter of a manager there just before I left for Miami. Indiscretions of Archie "Look out and tell me if you can see the blighters," he commanded. The Hermit of Far End Three blighters workin' on the road, as English as you or me. The Burning Spear He's a game old blighter—must have been a rare one in his day. Five Tales That novel of yours showed the most extraordinary intelligence—at least as far as that blighter at the bookstall would let me read. Love Among the Chickens He seemed to be able to take years off the lives of these massive blighters with a word. Indiscretions of Archie Of course the opposition papers may have allowed their zeal to run away with them, but even assuming that to be the case, the other candidates appear to be a pretty fair contingent of blighters. Psmith, Journalist I keep forgetting that none of these blighters really matter in the scheme of things. A Damsel in Distress The very next time I meet the blighter, I'll cut him dead. Something New He said, 'Open the yard gate and let the blighters come out into the open; then sail in and drive them in mass formation through the back door into the basement.' Love Among the Chickens I require the assistance of a blighter of ripe intellect. Indiscretions of Archie It would be a charity," said the former, "if some philanthropist would give this blighter elocution lessons. Psmith, Journalist —But that, as the blighters say in books, is but a beginning, not an end. A Damsel in Distress He had a bomb on him, and he threatened to drop it and blow the place to pieces unless the blighters let him go. Something New I can see with half an eye that all these blighters are confirmed egg-eaters. Love Among the Chickens Your girl wants her voice heard by one of the blighters who get up concerts and all that sort of thing. Indiscretions of Archie Advices from Comrade Windsor inform me that that prince of blighters, Waring, was rejected by an intelligent electorate. Psmith, Journalist Certainly, Mr. Shelley is right in his notions about old age: unless powerfully counteracted by all sorts of opposite agencies, it is a miserable corrupter and blighter to the genial charities of the human heart. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater It was the sort of stuff which long-haired blighters read alone to other long-haired blighters in English suburban drawing-rooms. Piccadilly Jim The stout lady, now regarded as a would-be blighter of love's young dream, was hustled into the back seat, the whip cracked, and away we rolled. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow This is the biggest thing since jolly old Sir Philip What's-his-name gave the drink of water to the poor blighter whose need was greater than his, if you recall the incident. Indiscretions of Archie Well, it struck us both that we had better get hold of the name of the blighter who runs these tenements as quickly as possible, before Comrade Repetto's next night out. Psmith, Journalist "Say, uncle," said a deep voice, one of those beastly voices that only the most poisonous blighters have, "you seen a young feller run past here?" Indiscretions of Archie "Switch it on, you blighters!" he cried, addressing the leaden clouds. Indiscretions of Archie His'll fit you like the paper on the wall, because he's a tubby little blighter, too. Indiscretions of Archie He got up and went out on to the landing, to see if there were any signs of the blighter. Indiscretions of Archie All through my military career there was something about me—some subtle magnetism, don't you know, and that sort of thing—that seemed to make colonels and blighters of that order rather inventive. Indiscretions of Archie |
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