| 单词 | bounder |
| 例句 | Not to mention the lack of a seatbelt on a horse—no secondary restraint systems of any kind—and yet horses could go nearly as fast as cars but were much bounder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, I do know the name. Wait a minute. Jack Favell. Of course. An awful bounder. I met him once, ages ago.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Not that Balty in any way resembles that notorious rake, cad and bounder. Review | The timely message in Christopher Buckley’s historical novel 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z A typical McShane bounder could be a savage or a sophisticate; he could just as easily be straight or gay. Ian McShane: rogue trader 2013-03-16T08:59:01Z The Martini Knockout Relay, Three-trousered Limbo and Umbrella Jousting contests all aim to sort the cads and bounders from the true gents and win the bronze, silver or gold cravat. This week's new events 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Because for a few years, Cooper specialised in caddish bounders. The devil inside 2011-08-06T23:04:04Z There were three husbands: a bounder called Kit, who disappeared to India; an all-round good egg called Andrew Hunter; and Ronald Searle, the father of her twins, whom she married in 1948. So Much to Tell by Valerie Grove 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z She had poor taste in men; two of her three husbands were charming bounders who ended up in prison for fraud. The Life of Jean Rhys, a Uniquely Brilliant and Thorny Writer 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z He reveals himself as a cad about to turn bounder – fast-tracking towards marital meltdown. Private Lives; Berenice; The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner – review 2012-10-06T23:05:38Z I always play bounders and scoundrels and rakes, but I'm actually a very staunch family man. Actor Michael Caine Reflects on His 50-Year Movie Career 2010-10-26T08:30:00Z As a plus-size bounder, she has drawn inspiration and gotten tips from others, and was recently featured in a fan magazine for her look as Scar from “The Lion King.” Disney parks ban costumes for adults. These fans have a way around it. 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z At these hustings, there was a sense in the audience that they always knew that Johnson was a bit of bounder. Conservative leadership race is making some Tories miss Boris Johnson 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z They went through more than 14,000 tons of broken concrete and rebar, often working boulder by bounder, rock by rock, before finally declaring the mission complete. Search for bodies concludes at Florida condo collapse site 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z However, any parliament has its quota of bounders and greasy pole-vaulters: Matt Hancock and Jeremy Hunt swivelled from remain to hardest leave in their leadership bids. Britain is divided. That’s why we need a hung parliament again | Polly Toynbee 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Stein now turns to the family of the bounder, the Hersland family, which is based on her own family. Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and “The Making of Americans” 2005-06-06T04:00:00Z His credentials as a cad and bounder seem beyond dispute. What is the truth behind Mrs Wilson? 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z These are damaged people, from that downed German fighter pilot all the way to the poor bounder who finally takes the bullet that proves no salve for the vengeful. Hard-drinking newspapermen and tough-talking brutes populate David Mamet's novel 'Chicago' 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z "She is a bounder, a liar, a deceiver, a cheat, a crook and a disgrace to the House of Commons," was one notable contribution during a 1987 debate. Obituary: Tam Dalyell - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z In her works, virtuous women navigate among bounders, rakes and simpletons to find matches worthy of their love. Whit Stillman’s Sense & Sensibilities 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z He also gathered a bounder that tipped off his glove in the second inning that Ryan Rua beat out for an infield single. Brinson’s walkoff HR lifts Rangers of Royals at Alamodome 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z To Mr. Goodman, wrongdoers might be “bounders” or “cads,” and drivers were “chauffeurs.” Roy M. Goodman, New York State Senator for More Than 30 Years, Dies at 84 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Cad or bounder became more generalised terms of dislike but words such as oik and pleb remain social put-downs. Rotters, bounders and cads 2013-12-02T13:01:56Z But Nava hit a bounder up the middle that barely eluded Wilhelmsen’s glove on its way into center field for a single that brought in Bradley. Mariners can’t hold lead, lose to Red Sox, 8-7 2013-07-12T02:24:29Z "I asked you to mark my words—and I said, that little bounder over there wasn't going to last much longer." Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "Wake up, you lazy bounder!" exclaimed the surgeon. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Mustn't say too much in a letter; but I suppose we shall have chivvied these bounders back to Berlin in two or three months. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Ian Brookes, consultant editor at Collins Language, says a bounder is defined as a person of lower class who is trying to present themselves as someone above their station. Rotters, bounders and cads 2013-12-02T13:01:56Z He had to cultivate a certain "distance," to acquire altogether the art of checking the presumption of bounders and old friends. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He is what our English friends call a 'blooming bounder'; fast yachts, fast motor-cars, the fast set generally. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z "The bounders have got wind of the fact that our battle-cruisers are well up north." With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z If you prove a "bounder," you are soon enough dropped. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z They were passing a confectioner's shop; perhaps he noticed—for he seemed a sharp enough little bounder—Louie's glance at the window; he turned to her. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z They accepted a newcomer as one of themselves, and, unless he were an out-and-out bounder, soon set him entirely at his ease. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z I wouldn't care if he were what he calls a 'bounder' or a 'townee.' The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Even assuming that the bounder did not object to his having speech with the lady, it was unlikely that she would admit any intimacy with Steadman in the presence of her companion. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z But I will unless you send that Irish bounder about his business. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Why could he not leave her in her proper place—cheek by cheek with the little bounder of her choice in that smelly, unlighted old ledger-room? The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z But Ichiro hit another easy bounder to second base, and a double play was turned. What sports readers are saying 2011-08-27T22:26:03Z Ah," said the bounder, "while England keeps the money in her pocket, we shall none of us rise up. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z I remember him saying, 'Here am I coming to say good-by, because I must go away to-night, and I find you larking with that bounder.' The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z He didn’t want to be the bounder and the cad that the mention of the woman would have made him. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z He's the most impossible bounder who was ever kicked out of society, and we have all been turning him the cold shoulder for the last two seasons. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z And there we were, down to the finals for the beautiful handicap cup, sixty-two good men and true eliminated, and a pair of bounders lined up against each other for the trophy! Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Our bounder went round the table inviting us all to whiskies, and pressing on us his expensive English cigarettes with great aplomb. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The ladies, possessing but a fast-fading interest in outward bounders, were probably in evidence more from slackness of business than any more sentimental cause. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z "You bounder!" she said; "I shall give you no peace till you have settled me into a body—but oh! get me on to the stage if you can." A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Did any one ever see such an unshaven, collarless squad of bounders?” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z "I'm afraid that bounder will have cause to be sorry for this," remarked O'Hara, when the chums had retired to their cabin. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Two other commercial travellers had joined the bounder at our table—two smart young fellows, one a bounder and one gentle and nice. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The sight of a "homeward bounder" is always a depressing one for Jack who is just starting again. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z I'm glad you did," cried Rupert angrily, "I would rather everything went than that you should accept presents from that bounder. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Are we going to be overrun with bounders of that description?” he growled. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z "They're bounders, all the rest of 'em," he asserted doggedly, "but I believe you to be a gentleman." The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z The elder bounder stood near him quietly comforting, encouraging, and admiring him, as a lover encouraging and admiring his ing�nue betrothed. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z He made some excuse to his host, but he told enquiring friends that, personally, he disliked bounders. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z "I am not the least afraid of that cad and bounder—that—that——" "Libel again Major Tidman." The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z But that young person was apparently well satisfied with her lot, and quite impervious to the fact that her husband was a bounder. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z "But why should you want to talk to—to—" I saw him struggling with the word, but it came out—"to that bounder?" The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The jewellers looked distressed, the bounders looked down their noses, half exulting even now, and half sheepish, being caught. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z "Wonder what the young bounder is doing now?" Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z She's a wicked old woman that and worthy of her bounder of a nephew. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Sir Thomas, ordering tea, first called the unknown an impossible bounder, and then let his blue beads rest on Esm� with some surprise in them. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z "I do think something, which is that you're no end of a bounder to bring your daughter's name into your flooey talk," Lord Victor retorted angrily. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Our bounder gave him various advice regarding seasickness. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z "Poor bounders!" exclaimed the A.P. as he fondled the holster of his revolver. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z It means that the fellow who takes a superior attitude towards anyone is merely a stupid bounder. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z But the nasty familiarity of that most poisonous bounder did something queer to Arrowsmith’s physical sense, and he couldn’t for the life of him play conversational ball with Feo on the road home. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Lord Victor growled once, "that Hindu bounder is fighting foul!" The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Our bounder unlocked the door of this drawing room, and switched on the lights. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z "Bestir yourself, you lazy bounder!" shouted Billy through the voice tube. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z He may be superior, of course, but the mere thought of this superiority entering his mind ruins him at once, and, as I said before, turns him into a bounder. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z She and the Malwood girl seem to have picked up a bounder and a shivering Welsh terrier this time, and even they probably regret it. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "What do you make of these two bounders?" The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Our bounder sat on the piano-stool and gave us an exhibition. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z There's nothing to observe from a belligerent point of view, unless the bounders are expecting us. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z What kind of a bounder do you take me for, anyway? A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Knowing that Severance thought of, and denounced, him as "a bounder," he didn't see why, when worst came to worst, he shouldn't live up to the reputation. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Disliking a bounder, he sometimes fails to penetrate the disguise of a man of real ability. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z And he wriggled his large, bounder's back upon the piano stool, wriggling upon his well-filled haunches. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z In his hurry my son forgot to mention it—he was recalled by wire, and the young bounder never even dropped me a postcard. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Of course, there was one explanation,—that you wanted to lose the match, and were sick at having won it,—but I wasn't such a bounder as to think that. "Pip" A Romance of Youth You heard from Severance that I was a bounder. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Simms is a bounder but he's thrifty as the dickens and an A 1 workman. The Trail of Conflict His friend the other bounder, a quiet one in a pale suit, with stout limbs, older than the wriggler, stood by the piano whilst the young one exhibited. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z When that young bounder lost his temper, he didn't know what he shouted and raved, "Italian!" and "Not the son of your father!" Small Souls And Auntie calls him an insufferable young bounder! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune But Severance would never forgive her for bandying words with the bounder. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z “You know, I think it high time the bounder is taken down a peg.” Into the Primitive The bounder rattled away, spouting his bits of English and his four words of German. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Who was that bounder you were so fond of, and that girl who painted? Sinister Street, vol. 2 Your fondness for associating with young men of the bounder class over garden walls and on doorsteps was already a sufficiently severe shock to me. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune But he got the W.O. to look at the trench tool, and—as if that wasn't luck enough for the bounder!—the war broke out. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z It was exhilarating, it was superb, it was ineffable, the joy of seeing Alan hand off a Modern bounder and swing the ball out low to him crouching vigilant upon the left. Sinister Street, vol. 1 And then our bounder began, in his sugary deprecating voice. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z "I don't know why on earth they want to have a bounder like that at St. Mary's." Sinister Street, vol. 2 I knew she'd be rude to him, as only "our families" can be rude to those whom they consider "bounders." Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Tony had made his last remarks for the benefit of the b�te noire, believing he had gone to the mutual cabin, but not dreaming how far a bounder, in bounding, might bound for revenge. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z "At St. James' the Modern fellows are nearly always bounders." Sinister Street, vol. 1 But our friend the bounder was smart, and smelled of cash. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z You were being kissed by some terrible bounder. Sinister Street, vol. 2 In spite of what Aunt Anastasia has said about "insufferable young bounders," I believe that this Mr. Reginald Brace is a thoroughly nice, clear-sighted sort of young man. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune "You needn't," Garth drily assured her; "I'm a cad; a bounder; a lout." Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z "But doesn't she think I must be an awful bounder?" Sinister Street, vol. 1 The dinner was over, and the bounder was lavishing cigarettes—Murattis, if you please. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Remembered a remark of Jack Ellsworth's about some bounder visiting at his house that he said "the old man couldn't pry loose with a crowbar." The Haunted Pajamas It was the young man from No. 44 Laburnum Grove; "the insufferable young bounder" on whose account I had got into those "rows" with Aunt Anastasia. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune The personification of Nietzsche’s Teutonic “overman,” the “big blonde brute” who is the German military ideal, Dalroy classed him, in the expressive phrase of the regimental mess, as “a good bit of a bounder.” The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 He was rather a bounder too, but of course I had to help them. Sinister Street, vol. 1 “The silly little bounder,” he thought, “how can she sit beside me without timidly venturing to entertain me?” The Moonlit Way Waistcoat buttons, likely—Billings was given to loud dress and other bounder stunts. The Haunted Pajamas I am the beautiful heroine, beloved by the rich bounder, while my heart is given to the handsome penniless young man of good family who is in the villain's employ. Hard Pressed His florid manners, exaggerated politeness, and imitation of our middle-class English speech stamped him bounder, but not of the British breed. A Man in the Open I say, Michael, you're in a fair way towards looking like a thorough young bounder. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Charitable young Lacey did indeed qualify the assertion that he was a "bounder" by the admission that he was afraid of nobody and could shoot. The Great Miss Driver "From what I can see at this distance he certainly does look like a fine example of the genus bounder, I must confess," said Cleek. The Riddle of the Night "I suppose you mean me to believe you love that bounder?" Shadows of Flames A Novel A rich bounder wants something more than other hotel guests, and he futilely tries to get it by throwing money about. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America What sort of a bounder are you trying to take me for? The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Through the customs like a flash, the bounder! Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Happened to think that, maybe, the old bounder hadn't read the news and would be interested in it, so just dropped in to give them to him. The Riddle of the Night "How could she be ... married to a young bounder like that?" asked Arundel. Shadows of Flames A Novel Before Easter all New York was applauding his work as the unconscionable little bounder in the title rôle of R.C. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 Smith drove a hard bounder toward first, but O'Meara knocked down the ball and reached the base in time to retire the big, lumbering pitcher, letting Lucas reach second. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant "Why do you assume that he's a bounder?" he demanded almost resentfully. The Portal of Dreams I say"—eagerly—"do you think it possible that that bounder——" "No, I don't! The Riddle of the Night He was rather a bounder, but it is natural to recall his virtues. Ancestors A Novel The two bounders stood there, encased in heat-resistant pyrex pants, expecting the natives to make things hot for them. The Sloths of Kruvny Then Pardridge misplayed an easy bounder and, recovering, hurled wildly toward second base, striving to force out a runner coming down from first. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant He talks like a Cockney, acts like a bounder, and looks 'em both. Side-stepping with Shorty What are you bounders kicking up all this noise about? The Riddle of the Night Such a question aroused great indignation, and for over a fortnight we were 'low bounders,' and they 'kid-glove sailors.' The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea If a cheap peeping instinct says "Look," and another instinct says "Oh, you bounder," which will you suppress? The Crow's Nest The cunning of Clancy was shown in his choice of the big pitcher, whose speed and spitball kept the Jackrabbit batters hitting toward right field or sending slow, easy bounders down toward the pitcher. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant Plenty of fellows paid court to her, and a good few had grown attached—yet, barring Smart who was a cad and a bounder, he was sure that none could cast a stone. Banked Fires She would have had to suffer for running away, but she would suffer far more for running away with "a bounder." The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons Yes, what do you think, that rotten bounder of a spy is half starving the poor girl! Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret Life holds moments for most of us which the having been a bounder will spoil. The Crow's Nest But I couldn't possibly discuss Rosa with him, let alone have that smooth, dissipated little bounder of a Sachs sit by and hear it all. Aliens Oh, stay thee now, Oh, stay thee now, Thou little bounder, rest! The So-called Human Race You were a set of idle young bounders. I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts “Mary,” he said, as soon as the horses had started, “I cannot imagine why you were so civil to that insufferable bounder Saton.” The Moving Finger Not yet, for that bounder of a sentry is again coming towards us. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front Oh, this world has some bounders in it, Charley, my boy. Aliens Lord's miscue was a boot of a Cobb bounder in a tight place. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Irene had called him "a bounder"; and now he was "going too far" with Irene—not that she especially cared about that, either. Clark's Field Grant for a moment that Naudheim, and that even this bounder Saton, are honest, what possible good can it do you or me to hang upon their lips, to become their disciples?” The Moving Finger How on earth did you ever tie yourself up to such a rotten bounder?” The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Dash it all! he wasn’t just a bounder who had spoken to her for his own amusement. The Phantom Lover Besides, my mother would 110 die of shame if she fawncied her boy Percy was working for wages like a common labouring bounder.” The Spoilers of the Valley "Little bounder," Miss Comstock pronounced with the quick perception of a woman; "he's after the girl's money." Clark's Field The man is a bounder, and you will all of you find it out some day.” The Moving Finger “Poor old Clithering is a bit of a bounder,” he said. The Red Hand of Ulster At the same time it seemed the act of a prig grafted on to a bounder to put the idea into her head, and make her ashamed of having said the wrong thing. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Not a blessed wagon or a thing to carry my luggage did the bounder have. The Spoilers of the Valley Sadie Paul, who happened to be present at the time, pronounced him a "bounder," which made no great impression upon Adelle, any more than had Miss Comstock's "cad" for the banker. Clark's Field I let him know, however, that I intended to choose my own friends and that I thought a blue, if he was also a bounder, might do his college more harm than good. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Not that my boy is one of those precocious little bounders who are so precious in the eyes of their parents and so odious to the eyes of the rest of the world. The Prairie Child Unable to help laughing, he kissed the top of her head, told her to write to him, and left the house, feeling like an entirely new and recently-discovered kind of bounder. The Limit You can look higher than bounders like them. In Brief Authority One of my girls—a daughter of Hermann Paul, the rich San Francisco railroad man, you know—tells me that this Davis fellow is of most ordinary people, what is called a 'bounder,' you know. Clark's Field To which he replied that if a man was a bounder he found it exceedingly difficult to become a blue. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate He’s just a bounder and teacher said he’d wind up in the reform school. A Modern Cinderella If the young bounder has altered the figures—well, if he has—then let it go through. The Scarlet Feather "What had the dirty little bounder got to say?" asked Beauvayse, stiffening in disgust, "about a man he isn't fit to black the boots of?" The Dop Doctor Some of them seem rather to glory in behaving like bounders and treating the native unjustly. The Rhodesian He was, in fact, unmistakably a gentleman, at least by birth, though his bored manner held a hint of insolence, a suggestion of the bounder. Juggernaut Mattison is the little bounder he always was—a month hasn’t changed him—except for the worse. In Her Own Right Forty years ago such things did not seem so horrible as they would now, and the word "bounder" had not been invented. The Martian "You wouldn't think it amusin', sir, if it were your wife, making herself a—a figure of fun for those Dutch bounders to shy at." The Dop Doctor Even to the unprejudiced eye of a travelled European they present themselves as a class of blatant bounders battening on the earnest fervour of their co-religionists and squandering the proceeds on dissipation. Pan-Islam "What do you think of our chance of overtaking the bounders?" enquired Wilmshurst of MacGregor, as the former prepared to visit the sentries. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force "That there were a lot of bounders in Paris—and I want to see them bound!" The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea "Though thou dost despise the bounders of the Upper Form, peradventure thou wouldst not mind taking a small present from the Mystic Brethren of the Fifth?" The Hero of Garside School Let your servant part your hair and knot your necktie, and you simply look a filthy bounder. The Dop Doctor There is a pretty picture, recognizable in any smart community, of a witty woman of fashion, and a full-length portrait of a bounder. The Merry-Go-Round “You bounder,” said Antony softly, looking after him. Antony Gray,—Gardener "Chum, you bounder," I shout, as he is about to wade through the herbaceous border. Happy Days It was worth getting just to set those bounders back a bit. The Hero of Garside School Didn't a brace of bounders of the worst discuss the story in all its bearin's, sittin' behind my wife and Mrs. Saxham in the stalls at the theatre the other night! The Dop Doctor “Hugo,” I said, “I’ve known some bounders in my time, but not one who could have done that.” Marge Askinforit And I think so, too, Nan; it doesn’t seem fair or right to say a man is a bounder,—that’s what Roger called him,—when we don’t know anything about him, really.” Patty's Social Season Thomas, the bounder, had a small heavy ball which he managed to sink in nine. Happy Days Some bounder amongst your mob was anxious to bound into your shoes. The Hero of Garside School He had always avoided bounders, but that had been comparatively easy in a world where everybody observed an unspoken, inviolable code. The Dark Tower Dear old Miss Hamilton," he said tremulously, "I should be a horrid bounder if I denied Henry Hamilton Bones—poor little chap. The Keepers of the King's Peace Roger says he’s a bounder,—if you know what that is.” Patty's Social Season He says if a girl can't be a lady it's not worth while to be only like one—she'd better let it alone and be a free and happy bounder. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune So he turned from his own form to the Fifth—"the bounders of the Fifth." The Hero of Garside School Walking back to the hotel he met a string of bounders, people he had seen and loathed at breakfast. The Dark Tower "They're a fine sample of vicious bounders, they are!" said the Tennessee Shad. The Varmint He’s a bounder, if I ever saw one! Patty's Social Season And the lack of it places them among the inglorious army of the "bounders" for all time. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends He was always supremely happy when he could "score," as he termed it, "off those bounders of the Fifth." The Hero of Garside School It was quite possible that he might find himself among bounders. The Dark Tower An' I can't even loose off a rifle at the bounder. Between the Lines To her he was never the vain, strutting little bounder, making himself ridiculous and offensive by turn. Mufti "You're a low, beastly bounder, an' I'm simply disgusted with you." Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country But unfortunately Plunger's eloquence was wasted, as neither the "bounders of the Fifth" nor "the fellow who scratched things on the window" had the advantage of hearing it. The Hero of Garside School Helen had thought of him contemptuously as a bounder, a conceited ignoramus—he was more than these things, he was a dangerous man. The Man from the Bitter Roots "Then if you heard the whole thing, you know what a wretched cad I've been, spying on you and trying to get information from you for that bounder." The Fifth Ace "It makes me positively sick to see that impossible little bounder strutting about round Rumfold." Mufti The grandfather of the Vanderbilts was a bounder; the last of the Washingtons is a petty employé in the Library of Congress. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind They were scarcely less vigorous than those descriptive of himself, and were fairly divided between "those bounders of the Fifth" and "the fellow who had scratched things" on the window. The Hero of Garside School To feel consciously religious is, in my opinion, to become a sort of "bounder." A Circuit Rider's Wife Drake, ask this sentry, here, who in thunder that insolent bounder is. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Jimmy," said Vane half an hour later, throwing himself into a chair in his club next to an old pal in the smoking-room, "I've just been a thorough paced bounder; a glorious and wonderful cad. Mufti "Not the Rabbiches, a Rabbich, and an insufferable bounder at that; but he gave us a jolly good dinner, champagne flowed." The Ffolliots of Redmarley "I don't suppose the bounder who wrote these things does." Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden And we all know how repulsive a "bounder" is in any circle of society. A Circuit Rider's Wife Besides, that boat doesn't look at all safe, and the man's a bounder in every sense of the word. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 But I couldn't stand the bounders that get in nowadays. The Highgrader I will not have you walk anywhere in company with that bounder——" "He isn't a bounder, father. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Extraordinary little bounder—wants me to price his dinner for him! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 A gentleman’s son sometimes turns out a most awful cad, a regular ‘bounder.’ Adam Johnstone's Son You're all a pack of simpletons and bounders, still moist behind the ears, Warren. Erik Dorn None the less, he was a bounder, a rank outsider tolerated only for his money. The Highgrader He was a bounder always, but I thought he was an honest bounder.' VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea The central male figure of the book is a howling bounder, who has a grievance against the universe because he can't entirely understand it. My Contemporaries In Fiction But we need not give the bounder the freedom of our homes. Shelled by an Unseen Foe He watched him for a while and then decided further that he was, if not an actual "bounder," at all events "bad form." Priscilla's Spies What does that bounder mean by talking of another day? Betty Trevor Bless you, I used to let in any sort of bounder that asked! Tom, Dick and Harry The bounder must have known, as he sat smoking his cigar and ironizing on the ruins of empires, that the safe and settled little world to which they both belonged was already in a blaze. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He had never expected to feel grateful to that obese bounder who had shoved him off the rail, but now he would have liked to seek him out and shake him by the hand. The Girl on the Boat "A lot of bounders they were too!" flares out Blair. Torchy, Private Sec. A little bounder stopped me in the street and has been trying to frighten me into leaving Monte Carlo, just because I broke that robber's wrist. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo The Germans had just flung it into the trench and there it lay, the bounder, making up its mind to explode. The Red Horizon But not least extraordinary was the way the bounder, whom after all Matthews had only seen twice, seemed to color the whole adventure. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story If it hadn't been for what came afterward I wouldn't be wasting paper and ink on a silly young bounder. Set in Silver Now I know why this Broadway bounder was received into an exclusive crowd like this! Murder at Bridge They are such utter bounders that I have no desire to disclose my identity to them. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers And that other English novelist who springs from the servants' hall—let us not be surprised or blame him if he sometimes writes like a bounder. A Book of Prefaces What annoyed him, what amused him, what in spite of himself impressed him, was to see how the bounder ignored advantages of position. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story However, I stopped in time to save myself from being both bounder and brute. Set in Silver He got fussy, drank a gallon of gooseberry wine, smoked two cigarettes and making out that he was a great bounder, threatened her with sudden death. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison That kind of bounder never does any one any good but himself. The Terrible Twins One, Bumpkin Wigram helped my stepmother spoil my early life; two, if this bounder Courtnay has got round Bumpkin words would be wasted. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Matthews had forgotten, too, what an imposing individual the bounder really was. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He made Mr. Owen Delamore seem by contrast a bounder and an outsider. Robin I'm not fond of rowdy people, and Mamma knows such dreadful bounders. Franklin Kane It was a beautiful refuge for utter bounders and men who, though not bounders, had a very low limit of achievement. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He doesn't tell me the bounder's name, but that's no matter. The Swindler and Other Stories He knew more about the bounder than the bounder thought, and it was not he who had knocked at the bounder's gate. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story For all that, he's rather a decent sort; no bounder like that rotter we left at Mandalay. Parrot & Co. To put it honestly, I acted like a bounder. Enter Bridget I had one bout with this impertinent little bounder which I do not think he will ever forget. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben He is hardly a ladies' man, according to my judgment, but he is not a bounder. The Swindler and Other Stories For he felt that his ordinary vocabulary—made up of such substantives as lark, cheek, and bounder, and the comprehensive adjective "rum"—fell short of coping with this extraordinary speech. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story We met them at footer the other day, and I told that little bounder Jenkins that we had a fellow at the Front. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Certainly he bounded, and like most bounders he conceived of himself quite falsely as a funny fellow. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs That was when I was consenting to serve as groom to some—er—some Jewish bounder in town. None Other Gods No. I said; the bounders must be disappointed; otherwise p. 228they will know what to expect. Masques & Phases "The unmitigated bounder!" exclaimed Matthews, unable to deliver himself in French of that sentiment, and turning upon the stupefied old gentleman a rude Anglo-Saxon back. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Though literature lacks a yearly exhibition, such as is possessed by music and painting, they made it a subject for gossip, and denounced H. G. Wells as a 'bounder.' The Parts Men Play The bounders might say he was a bounder, but they had to admit that he could give and take punishment with the best. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs He was what men technically style "a bounder!" Up in Ardmuirland I shouldn't like to let that young bounder drive me from a place, whether I wanted to go or not. The Motor Maid The cheek of the bounder was really beyond everything! The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The interference of this "bounder" filled him with a passion of impotent hate. The Big-Town Round-Up Once more I revert to the impossible: I become the auctioneer's clerk—a commonplace, material, vulgar, objectionable little bounder, whose doings and feelings I sometimes dimly remember. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Urged on even as they were by the fear of returning to the ship without Dickory, they could not expect to match, in their heavy boots, the stag-like speed of this barefooted bounder. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter Little Riddell chirped about my profession, and that bounder Jackson, who was of our year, pretended that he had been your bosom friend. The Half-Hearted In my catalogue of personalities you have posed intermittently as a demmed bounder, a deceived husband, a betrayed lover, a successful lover, and a lot of other things I can't just now recall. The Husbands of Edith Sometimes it seemed to him that the girl was gratuitously irritating him by flaunting this bounder in his face. The Big-Town Round-Up "She has gone off somewhere with that bounder Brandon," he said. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories But in a rival paper "Brigadier" mentioned only three days later that none but the most noxious bounder and tout would be found dead in a blue collar with a white shirt. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 One left one's friends to comfort a hurt bounder; that was all very well, but what if the bounder comforted was much more offensive than the bounder hurt? The Lee Shore And this insipid, egotistical little bounder is actually sitting there and asking me to help him with the girl I love! The Husbands of Edith I never thought in the old days that you would capitulate to a bounder like that. The Odds And Other Stories There is a Captain Silvester here," she wrote once; "such a bounder. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories Entirely: a tall young man with an ugly mouth; rather fancies himself, I should say: a bit of a bounder. The Day of Days An Extravaganza He had to remember what was this funny bounder's place in the newly-revealed scheme of things. The Lee Shore Lucky I got there just as I did—a bounder wanted to buy him five minutes later. The Man from Home It seemed to him that Napoleon had shown himself to be just that—a fearful and impossible bounder. Bunker Bean I hate to have you in a City office, with any bounder staring at you. Married Life The True Romance "What an unconscionable bounder the fellow is," thought Stephen as he passed him. One Man in His Time Denis says vegetarians are nearly all cranks and bounders, and long-haired men or short-haired women. The Lee Shore It wasn't altogether his fault, but he is a bounder. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment A blind passion against him rose in me ... the little bounder! Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative There are some—what-you-call 'bounders'—among us, as there are with you. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement "Well," drawled Silver, who was hovering near, dressed so carefully that he looked more of a foxy, neat bounder than ever. Red Money The man was a cad—an oily bounder with a poisonous mind. The Lee Shore This morning it struck strange and cold to hear Bickerton say: "Here's the little bounder." Tell England A Study in a Generation Nobody likes to be made to appear a conceited bounder when his intentions are as modest as those of a hermit crab, and a hundred times more benevolent. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl "And you are not to give any dances to Hunt-Goring, mind, whatever the bounder says." The Keeper of the Door By the way, did you notice that there was a "bounder" who was reversing? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892 Not merely a funny bounder after all, it seemed, but just what Cheriton had called him. The Lee Shore But you don't think that I play second fiddle to a bounder of that calibre. The Inheritors We'll slip off after luncheon, and leave that bounder to bound by himself. Red Pottage There was another fellow—a great hulking bounder. The Keeper of the Door Oh, dash it all, Todd," said Cotton, in a white rage, "you are a bounder! Acton's Feud A Public School Story Such a sensitive bounder, too; that made it extraordinarily difficult to edit him satisfactorily. The Lee Shore "But he was such a bounder, old lady," said Jaffery, in gentle remonstrance. Jaffery I remember saying that Captain Pratt; who called while she was here, was a 'bounder.' Red Pottage "She doesn't like the bounder," declared Noel with conviction. The Keeper of the Door Lady Ban is awful—a bounder in petticoats. The Street Called Straight It forced him into putting down something preposterous instead of a true type as soon as he wished to create "a bounder." George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians "And a confounded bounder of a gorilla at that!" Jaffery You'll get out of your coffin, you bounder, as soon as out of my grip. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces "That bounder was right, the trunk is hollow." The Sorcery Club Sort of a gay old bounder, wasn't he? Truxton King A Story of Graustark He found it impossible to get inside of a "bounder"—to be for the time a "bounder" himself. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians "She's offended with me because I warned her off that low-down bounder." Jaffery I was going to say, "as well as a bounder"; but I didn't want to rub that in. The Belfry Why, that confounded young bounder who came here last night—Leon Hamar he signs himself. The Sorcery Club She knew that men deemed him a bounder. The Jungle Girl Well, I daresay he might be a bit of a bounder when he's sober, but he's a perfect little gentleman when he's drunk. The Divine Fire I used to be a horrid little bounder before I met Jake. Charles Rex "You mean it wouldn't have been the same for you, you little bounder." The Belfry There are a few bounders, a moderate number of beasts. The Common Law Was he acting the part of the man he meant to be, or of a cad—an unprincipled bounder? One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks' A "tripper" is a well-defined character, and so is a "flapper," a "nipper," and a "bounder." Walking-Stick Papers She never would hear a word against him, but I'm sure he was a bounder. The Rocks of Valpre Unless she had put her dear eyes out she must have seen that in the country he was not only a bounder but a snob. The Belfry She was an outsider—a bounder—— "He is faithful to his ideal," Christine answered. The Dark House "But I don't think even I am such a bounder as that!" he said gently. Greatheart Heard a story at the Jockey Club—lot of beastly native bounders in the Jockey Club—heard a story at the Jockey Club of a little Irish Johnny who'd been cheatin' at cards. The Wild Olive The heroine is a demimondaine in everything but her alleged virtue—the hero a young bounder whose better self restrains him just in time. The "Goldfish" Unless I was prepared to be a bounder—and a fatuous bounder at that—I couldn't tell her that she had given me encouragement that almost amounted to invitation. The Belfry In his higher developments he becomes a "bounder," and bounds away in most respectable West End ball-rooms. Social Pictorial Satire Always did think the chap a frightful bounder, don't you know? Spanish Doubloons Sumatra; a company whose most obvious elements, the noisy and bibulous pests in the smoking-room and the ladies of mysterious destination with whom they dallied, were dismissed by Geoffrey at once as being terrible bounders. Kimono Everyone said he was a bounder, and everyone was right. The Knave of Diamonds She wanted to put off the dreadful moment that must come when he would ask her: "Where on earth did you pick up that shocking little bounder?" The Belfry With a reminiscent smile he replied: "An elegant gentleman from Virginia, a gentleman from Kentucky, a man from Ohio, a bounder from Chicago, a fellow from New York, and a galoot from Maine." Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations In rotund, elastic bounders, Plainly the great joy of men is, Witness cricket, billiards, rounders, And lawn-tennis. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 13, 1890 She cried back at him "You—bounder!" and urged her horse to fresh effort. The Top of the World I believe I saw that Errol bounder talking to her—the one who was here the other day. The Knave of Diamonds And then suddenly he discarded subtlety and told me straight out that Reggie had said Jevons was a bit of a bounder, and he supposed he was. The Belfry I suppose they think I'm a coward and a bounder over at your place. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 Strange phantasmagoric Pictures of his proceedings flit before The vision of alert imagination; Playing the brute, buffoon, "bounder," or bore, In every climate, and in every nation! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 13, 1890 The two young men are the most impossible bounders one could meet, and I am sure their names must be Percy and Ernest! Elizabeth Visits America The fellow is an infernal bounder through and through. The Knave of Diamonds The little bounder then intimated that when he saw Miss Thesiger her people were less conspicuous than Jevons. The Belfry A bounder of that kind can't have a particularly nice time," he said, "anyhow. Love and Mr. Lewisham "I believe I did call him a bounder," interrupted Chase reminiscently. The Man from Brodney's "So I'm a cad and a bounder, am I?" he said furiously. The Obstacle Race I even met that little bounder at the Rifle Club the other day. The Knave of Diamonds I know you've rather looked down on me because I acted like a bounder that winter. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest She wished Christabel would snub that appalling bounder, Black, as he deserved. Mary Wollaston He's a confounded little bounder, just the same. The Man from Brodney's "I hate to think of you on terms of intimacy with that bounder," he said. The Obstacle Race To give that bounder Quinby the licking he deserves!" cried Bob: "to give it him now at once, when the post comes in, and there are plenty of people about to see the fun. No Hero But the ship's surgeon!" he protested; "he's an awful bounder! Somewhere in France Oh, I say now, Clayton," returned Tennington, "you needn't be so rough on a fellow just because you didn't happen to suggest this trip yourself—you've acted a regular bounder ever since we sailed. Return of Tarzan My uncle smoked a similar cigar in an habituated manner, and he looked energetic and knowing and luxurious and most unexpectedly a little bounder, round the end of it. Tono Bungay "And I am to give you up without a thought to this bounder?" The Obstacle Race I have invited to lunch with us, a young man whom—Tenham, for instance, if he were here—would call 'a bounder.' The Shuttle The game opened with White's sharp bounder to the infield. The Redheaded Outfield It's so horrible to know that you were willing to sacrifice everything for that bounder. Of Human Bondage In the West End, only here and there some person might chance to remember his name as that of some rich bounder who had married Lady Cressage. The Market-Place "I say, you know—you'll please remember he's a blooming bounder," he said; and with a slight laugh she turned toward the open window near which they had been standing. House of Mirth The latter was a big, jolly fellow, with a touch of the bounder about him. Sons and Lovers White cut a high twisting bounder inside the third base, and before the ball could be returned he stood safely on second. The Redheaded Outfield I half thought, just for the minute," she explained, "it might be some bounder who'd come East to try and blackmail me. The Damnation of Theron Ware He was the worst bounder of the lot. The Market-Place He's one of the worst type of young bounders I ever came into contact with. The Avenger The stranger was quite well dressed, nothing about his garments offended the eye or outraged good taste, yet, all the same, the man had "bounder" written all over him in large letters. The Mystery of the Four Fingers Hathaway's expert contortions saved his head and body on divers occasions, but presently a low bounder glanced off the grass and manifested an affinity for his leg. The Redheaded Outfield I needn't tell you I have given the bounders a wide berth since the day I raised the wind; but I went and had it out with them over this. Mr. Justice Raffles She married a shocking bounder—he would have been Duke of Glastonbury, though, if he had lived—but he was drowned, and she was left poor as a church mouse. The Market-Place He was what those sort of people call a bounder. The Avenger But how, if that bounder has got the place for himself? It Happened in Egypt He had ruined everything, deceived everybody—even himself for a time—played the cad and the bounder with consummate address. The Fortune Hunter Looking at his limbs, she imagined he must be heavy, like the bounders. The Trespasser Their leader is the young shopkeeper, who has lived in Vienna, who is a bit of a bounder, with a veneer of sneering irony on an original good nature. Twilight in Italy He is a miserable sort of bounder—an imitation cockney tourist, with ready-made English clothes, a knapsack, and a camera. The Avenger This would have been the ideal environment for our Gilded Rose; and I felt more venomous than before, if possible, toward the rich bounder who posed against such an unsuitable background. It Happened in Egypt And she passed it on to that shocking little bounder of a husband of hers! The Mischief Maker So deputation of leading persons, mighty good chaps, prominent merchants and that sort of bounder, call upon us. A Man of Means I'll be hanged if I give my cigars to that bounder. The Sisters-In-Law Quair, one of the associated architects of the new opera, who had been born a gentleman and looked the perfect bounder, sauntered over to examine the sketch. Between Friends "Gad!" he exclaimed as if examining a particularly fine specimen of some rare beetle, "what a bounder." The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors The judge was a plain, middle-aged man in a wrinkled sack coat,—very much in appearance what Conny would call a "bounder." Together After all you have done for us, Senor Bleke, we shall seem to you ungrateful bounders, but what is it? A Man of Means It is there in the astonishing head of Swinburne, whom he reveals, if I may use a vulgar phrase, as a poetic "bounder," but illuminated and etherealized by genius. Imaginations and Reveries "So … Coventry was the man … before you married that bounder, Dene." The Vision of Desire They craned and strained at her round me and over me, presently gave up and retired, disguising their anger as contempt for the bad manners of a bounder. The Deluge Another "bounder," thought Isabelle, one of the hungry outsiders, not in fee to the corporations, who hired only the best lawyers. Together I took him for a bounder, and he's caught me with the goods on. The Fighting Chance When he has worked out the corrections--which, in case he gets the wrong ones, I may tell him here are “beast” and “bounder”--I shall search the dictionary for some long word like “intellectual.” If I May My hatred was entirely concentrated on the bounder who had stolen my dance. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel Having squeezed this toll out of the "bounder," they gave him a free way to Ekaterinburg, where things are very scarce, and where he would be able to sell out at a good figure. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Several times Falkner stayed to dinner; but he bored Larry, who called him "a Western bounder," and grumbled, "He hasn't anything to say for himself." Together Yes, I will;" and, turning in his chair, he said to Plank: "Awfully sorry I acted like a bounder just now, after having accepted your hospitality at the Fells. The Fighting Chance He had a nasty face though, the boy considered, and looked like a bounder because he had pimples, a swelly nose, a loud voice, and a swanky manner. Snake and Sword A Novel Mr. Clifford used to describe him as 'a bit of a bounder—in fact, a complete outsider—but no fool.' Hyacinth It is perfectly correct for young Prince Karl to behave, as you put it, like a bounder. The Double Traitor And it had not ended there, as it would have ended, had Falkner been the mere "bounder" Larry saw. Together It isn't that he's a bounder; but he doesn't know things; he doesn't know enough, for instance, to wait until he's a member of a club before he criticises the judgment of its governors. The Fighting Chance Here, it was stated, anybody could buy his way into favour: the more bounding the bounder the brighter his chances of success at Frampton Court. Red Masquerade Collins," said Vernon, coldly, "you have the poorest conception of good taste of any man I know, and I know some awful bounders. Affairs of State Why, you've only known me such a short time, and I'm not such a conceited bounder to think that you've fallen in love with me already. At Love's Cost Already the food that the "bounder" had given her parched self was too precious to lose. Together "The bounder with the bleeding heart," said Ajax to me that same evening. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch I've a great mind, myself, to run after the bounder and kick him. Dragon's blood But then I've had something better to think about than that ineffable bounder. The Hunt Ball Mystery I went round to see him last night, and Kay behaved like a bounder then. The Head of Kay's He had never expected to feel grateful to that obese bounder who had shoved him off the rail, but now he would have liked to seek him out and offer him his bank-roll. Three Men and a Maid "We don't know that he is a bounder," I objected. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch What kind of a Cockney bounder and cad could she have taken him for? The Man Upstairs and Other Stories I am sick of theorizing of all sorts, and such bounders as Max Nordau I read with positive disgust. Letters of Anton Chekhov About a month ago two suspicious-looking bounders went to live there. The Head of Kay's Then I rushed away, cursing myself for a fool, an ingrate, a presumptuous bounder. A Fool and His Money "If that bounder's heart would bleed and bleed and bleed to death, I should not cross the road to fetch a doctor." Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch "You just wait, you bounder!" threatened the Englishman. Boy Scouts in a Submarine : or, Searching an Ocean Floor They were women of such importance in their world that their acquaintance was sought by all who had any pretensions to being entitled to meet them and by shoals of social bounders who had none. The Unwilling Vestal You mustn't—" "Good Lord!" he cried; "what a bounder you must take me for! The Hollow of Her Hand I ask ye now, isn't that proof that I'm a gentleman and not a bounder? Green Fancy I can imagine a bounder being described as "the sort of person who uses a wasp gun instead of a teaspoon." Not that it Matters "Chum, you bounder," I shout as he is about to wade through the herbaceous border. The Holiday Round I put it on expressly to give the modern army bounder a smack in the eye. Getting Married It is too vile for a man who has a breath of manhood in him to encourage, and yet these bounders go crazy with rapture. Castle Craneycrow Oliver, my professor, was a scientific bounder, a journalist by instinct, a thief of ideas—he was always prying! The Invisible Man What a bounder I had been,—and was! The Beetle Thomas, the bounder, had a small heavy ball, which he managed to sink in nine. The Holiday Round I confess I was afraid the husband would turn out an appalling bounder. The Doctor's Dilemma It emanated from Galpy the bounder, bounding now, indeed, at full speed up the slope, followed by two of his fellow railroad men, flannel-clad and still perspiring from their afternoon's cricket. The Unspeakable Perk And she had been that bounder's wife—in his arms! Harriet and the Piper "What a bounder you are at times, Josh," he snapped. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel "Hear the bloody bounder!" bawled Pudfut from the other end of the table. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women If any member of that club had dared then to crack a joke they would have expelled him—as soon as they got over the shock of the bounder's confounded cheek. Europe Revised If you can contrive to show him that you think him a good fellow, and are really vexed to have been such a bounder, so much the better. Watersprings He shrank at first from their society, consoling himself with the reflection that, being bounders, it did not matter whether they succeeded or not. South Wind Why, do you know, I met the blooming bounder at Lord Yawp'n'am's—second cousin, you know, of this very decent chap, Gresham. Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress He was a good-looking specimen of the British bounder. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl I see the right thing when it's too late, and when I've made myself appear a bounder. Will Warburton The fellow is what you'd call a bounder?' he exclaimed suddenly. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life They were not bounders—not all of them. South Wind Yes, undoubtedly, that was the proper way to deal with such bounders as Nimrod; take up a strong attitude, an' let 'em see as you'll stand no nonsense! The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Could she have accepted him, that bounder and cad and charlatan? The Captives "Or do you mean she really doesn't want to marry that bounder?" Missy Merton saw himself saying, "Allow me, Miss Baxter, to relieve you of the presence of this bounder." Merton of the Movies Don't like him myself; bounder sort of chap—but avoid prejudice, my boy, eh, what? The Major A man may be a bounder, however, without being a criminal. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail He's a bounder, but he's not an English bounder. Where Angels Fear to Tread "She really doesn't," answered Missy, not too engaged in steeling herself against his crunching of her shoulder bones to register the soubriquet, "bounder." Missy This young bounder has a life of his own. Howards End Are we, then, all," he thought, "being bounded like india-rubber balls by an unseen hand; and is there no one of us strong enough to bounce into the eye of our bounder and overthrow him? The Burning Spear In fact, he is pronouncedly a bounder, though I confess I did borrow money of him; but I'd borrow money of the devil when I'm in certain moods. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail This young bounder has a life of his own.� Howards End And it's that little bounder that my horse—my horse....' The Country House "Looks a bit of a bounder," said the racing man. The Island Pharisees But his stiffness remained, and, though he asked who Cissie and Albert might be, he still thought Mr. Beebe rather a bounder. A Room with a View His heart warmed to the kindly old man and he wished to spare him pain; even if he could not accept him proposition: ‘He couldn’t take it ill; unless he was an awful bounder.’ The Man The bounder was interested, but, after a bounder's fashion, was either nervous or imagined that a show of hesitation looked shrewd. T. Tembarom On the whole, he gave one the impression of being a stupid, spoiled, conceited bounder. Virgin Soil What sort of a bounder was he to look at? Beyond I also am a hopeless bounder, and I never knew it. The Angel and the Author, and others McFeckless and my poor old mother were the only ones with any real rank and position—but you know what a beastly bounder Mac was, and the poor mater DID overdo the youthful! Condensed Novels: New Burlesques What a bounder the unfortunate young man was! T. Tembarom He had been marched up the Haymarket in the full sight of all London by a bounder of a policeman. A Damsel in Distress These little bounders have been hammering us in lager for twelve hours, and we're getting rid of their gatlings. Soldiers Three - Part 2 Till these two dozen shirts are worn out, I shall have to remain a hopeless bounder. The Angel and the Author, and others Good old bounder!" she said, "and don't think too much of that precious Prince Rupert. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques "Bluff you, you young bounder!" he flung out at him. T. Tembarom But the ship's surgeon!" he protested, "he's an awful bounder! The Red Cross Girl A man's private life, so long as he was not a bounder, concerned him not at all. Dangerous Days Mergy, there was a third bounder trying to get a finger in the pie. The Crystal Stopper Modern Englishmen have recognized that it is their bounder duty to impart knowledge in India. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan A man who writes that sort of thing about a woman is an old bounder, whether he's a poet or not. T. Tembarom "If it was not for losing the machine," the Englishman explained to the girl, "I'd let the bounder take it up and break his fool neck as he would do inside of two minutes." Tarzan the Untamed An "outward bounder"—that is, a man whose money is exhausted and who is living upon the credit; of his prospective advance of pay—is unknown at the "home." The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales He had an almost intolerable dread of her thinking him a I bounder.' The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll The cigars are not Streffy's either... you may be sure he got them out of some bounder. The Glimpses of the Moon Lupin, in his usual incomprehensible language, remarked that he had heard it was a “bounders’ ball.” Diary of a Nobody |
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