| 单词 | rotter |
| 例句 | Peeves wasn’t helping matters; he kept popping up in the crowded corridors singing “Oh, Potter, you rotter . . .” now with a dance routine to match. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Some of that is embodied by accomplished performers — Danny Huston is always good as an eloquent rotter — but there isn’t much intrigue or conviction. ‘Marlowe’ Review: The Adventures of a Worn-Out Gumshoe 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Soon, very soon, those unappreciative little rotters who 15 years ago were expressing contempt for the television shows that were so important to their parents will be getting the same dissing from their own kids. Hey, Dad, Get With the (3-D) Program 2010-09-05T00:14:00Z But a handful survive and spend the movie alternately running from the little rotters and trying to kill them. Review: ‘Cooties,’ Back to School With Zombies and Gore 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z It retains Ransome's beastly rotters and duffers vocabulary, but not with a po face. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z Nomenclature This group appears to call the living dead “rotters,” which though cooler seems less apt than “walkers.” The Walking Dead 'Slabtown' Recap: Grosser Than Gross 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Saunter in any later, smelling of after-work drinks or the 20 cigarettes you smoked on the way, though, and you’ve ruined everything, you heartless rotter. Don't talk politics, sex or the ex: 10 ways to ruin a date 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z They are, well, something else, the whole lot: Putin, Medvedev, and before, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, and Stalin and, the rotter of the lot, Lenin. Recounting a Life of Disobedience 2010-05-21T11:30:00Z "I don't want to sound like I'm just defending them," she says, "but I think the play tries to do something other than portray them as just irredeemable rotters." Laura Wade: return of the thugs 2012-05-16T17:30:01Z People don't have to be rotters because of where they show up in a story. Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley – review 2013-05-12T09:00:01Z I have seen the film twice now, and each time Veronica shoots the rotter, the crowd has cheered her on. Mutant bears, flying heads and chainsaw duels: the best movie moments of 2018 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, at a Northamptonshire estate owned by Lady Eleanor Summerston, there’s been another death, of a man little mourned because he was “a rotter.” Rotters, Holy Dusters and Murderers 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Will it really cause your little rotter to fall asleep? Critic’s Notebook: Sprout Channel’s ‘Snooze-a-Thon’ on Christmas Eve 2012-12-23T22:47:32Z Rusty believes that in our justice system even the worst rotters deserve a fair trial. The horrific night that changed a family’s life forever 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z He was Ryan Gosling’s rotter brother in the first five minutes of Only God Forgives and Felicity Jones’s benevolent fella in the last part of The Invisible Woman. 'I'm an expressionist nihilist at heart': the dark allure of Tom Burke 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Mirror Group's barrister, Andrew Green KC, accepted there were some investigators who broke the law - "rotters" as he called them several times. Prince Harry, Piers Morgan and hacking: What did the bosses know? 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Prince Harry's barrister David Sherborne criticised Mr Green for repeatedly describing private investigators who had been convicted of criminal offences as "rotters". Hacking trial: Prince Harry claims £320,000 in damages for 33 articles 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The president surrounds himself with a bodyguard of rotters — fixers who are willing to do his dirty work based on hints delivered with all the subtlety of a silent film actor. Opinion | Republicans’ motivations are all out in the open 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z We elite knew what a rotter he was. Mary Beard on 'SPQR,' Ancient Rome and the Migrant Crisis 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Gary Lineker's tweet describing the thieves of his mother's car as "rotters" led Ben Milne to . The Loop: Brutal youth 2013-12-06T16:42:19Z Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker used the word "rotter" to describe the thief who stole his mother's car. Rotters, bounders and cads 2013-12-02T13:01:56Z It ain't bad," he said, "though it's got up by a set of rotters. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z Bobby has always been a friend of mine, and I like him well enough; but he is rather a rotter. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z That was before Cecelia's time and she had no report of the said Lawrence except that he was as handsome as they make them and a regular rotter. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z "It's a rotten den, and the employees are rotters, and those who gamble—rotters too." The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The shadow of the English public school - and the English class system - falls across many of these, although Lineker is unlikely to have been using rotter in this context. Rotters, bounders and cads 2013-12-02T13:01:56Z He’s not playing a game; he’s not a rotter!” The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z I don't know what you are—whether you're a mere baby who knows nothing, or an absolute little rotter. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z “I suppose it amounts to this,” he reflected, “that I’m something of a rotter, and am only now awaking to the fact.” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z He has always despised me for a rotter. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Lineker may have been exercising restraint when he , but rotter is not an insult which is thrown with much energy these days. Rotters, bounders and cads 2013-12-02T13:01:56Z "I think the police are rotters for not setting him free last night!" The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z Charlie dropped his whip quietly and outspanned the ox and its mate, saying to me as I gave him a hand: “When I strike a rotter, I chuck him out before he spoils the others!” Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z "We don't want 'em to get as far as the semi-finals, and it's up to you chaps to play your heads off and beat these rotters!" Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He's a rotter if ever there was one, but he's been straight with me so far, and he'd better continue to walk the line. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z "You see—when you said that—what you said about Richards being a rotter—all at once it struck me—I'm sure I don't know why—as funny, too awfully funny for words!" Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Just like the rotter to study her own convenience and throw me over at the last moment. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z I'm sorry I'm such a rotter and no credit to you and no use to the world. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Mr Salmond said: "I hugely admire the forbearance of all these three excellent estimable people in putting up with these other rotters and their political parties." Party leaders clash over justice 2011-04-10T14:58:10Z I always put down that Strauss for a rotter—” “But why, since he married her?” The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z What a rotter the brute was, I reflected as I thought of the story he had already spread about me. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z I'm afraid you will think me an awful rotter, Miss Hall. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z "That rotter would have been mobbed at a bout in London." The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z 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 She did divorce her first husband, it's true; but he was a rotter of the worst type. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z You’re as hard as an oil painting now, you priceless rotter. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z He thought I was a rotter, and didn't mind my knowing his opinion. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z It means a cruel time for them under the thumb of that rotter, Stephen. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z I've been a bit of a 'rotter' as you English call it, but things are going to be different now. The Princess Galva A Romance Much I cared what sort of a rotter he was! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune She would have liked to have heard him curse Fallaray and accuse her of being a rotter. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z "I think these Bullingdon bloods are rather rotters," protested Michael, after an irritating evening of vacuous wealth. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "But at the Abbey I met some people who were supposed to be religious, and they were pretty good rotters." Sinister Street, vol. 1 Thought us chaps no end of rotters because we used to go the pace a bit. The Missioner I believe you've got a soft corner for him in your heart still, however much of a rotter the man is, but I'm off, dead off. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Her frequent 'I say, you are rotters, you two!' conveyed a little bewilderment, a touch of contempt, and an immense attraction. The Furnace Then under his breath he muttered to Michael: "Dive in, dive in, you rotter, I'm getting out of my depth." Sinister Street, vol. 2 Miss Oakley will jaw us, of course, but she'll make inquiries too, and when she finds out what a rotter Miss Burton is, she'll dismiss her right away. Just Gerry Don't make it too long, and don't think, 'There's that poor, hipped old rotter Gerald, mooning about himself—but sometimes I have a beastly feeling that I mayn't see you again. Shadows of Flames A Novel You've known me long enough to be sure I'm not likely to turn out a rotter. Carnival ‘That Doctor is the rottenest of rotters,’ he declared in a cheerful tone. The Youngest Girl in the School I said to Doll, I said to her, 'Doll, that dirty rotter you're so soft over'll swing for you before he's done. Sinister Street, vol. 2 “Don’t be a rotter, Mary,” the younger sister cried scornfully. Lady Cassandra And I am a rotter to try and drag you down, too. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal "I think gentlemen are the biggest rotters of all." Carnival ‘He’s a rotter,’ he said, as soon as he could speak; ‘and so slack, too!’ The Youngest Girl in the School "The dirty rotters, the swine!" he heard Freddy's hoarse whisper at his side. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk "A rotter like Garret is always taken care of." A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. "I was remarking that you are a rotter!" Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal I take you for what you are—a rotter. Carnival Well, I dare say I'm a good deal of a rotter—I must be to go into a thing like this—but I have a superstitious streak in me. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure What was it that rotter said?—‘The affair arranges itself admirably.’ Cynthia's Chauffeur Faith, an' I think the gas business is a trick of that rotter, Garret. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. He was as little of a "poser" or of a "rotter" as he was of a prig, and there was not a drop of bad blood in his veins. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing "Well, I call him a dirty rotter," said Jenny. Carnival Bobbie, you must realise now in your heart of hearts what a rotter she is? I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts "The very qualities that make literature entertaining, vigorous, inspiring, revealing, wonderful, beautiful and—all that sort of thing, make its producers—if you will forgive the word again—rotters." The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman "I have been a rotter, Wilson," he said and held out his hand. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. She looked chagrined; she had been so sure that this man was a rotter, that it was a bit of a set-back to hear this news. The Phantom Lover But Maurice was a rotter, and would he after all have been worthy of the ultimate sacrifice? Carnival “Well, by God, you are a rotter, Rivers.” At the Crossroads Well, old chum, it isn’t any of my business, but the Mayor’s an oily-tongued rotter and well worth the watching. The Spoilers of the Valley "I don't know how German girls of our age would enjoy her silly jokes, but I think she's a rotter!" The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life You are a rotter," Collier stated; "if you are going to stay here, don't talk racing to us. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate The second she had gone Harry opened the letter very carefully, and read— "Dearest Harry, "You are a rotter never to write. The Limit At least she might be pleased if she knew that he could not fairly be described any longer as a useless rotter. In Brief Authority “Say!” he was drawling, as he strode the saw-dusted floor, whacking his leggings with his riding crop, “what would you Johnnies do with a rotter that grossly maltreated your horse?” The Spoilers of the Valley A girl like you can’t possibly love and marry a rotter. The Rough Road "Miss Marguerite," he said huskily, "don't think I'm an awful outsider and a perfect rotter, dear old typewriter." Bones in London "That I am no good—an absolute rotter!" The Orchard of Tears "No," he said in a low voice, "you can't want to shake hands with—with such a hopeless rotter as I've been!" In Brief Authority Smiler dam-fine little rotter all right, but he no good, no work, headpiece all shot toboggan to blazes.” The Spoilers of the Valley So the rotter, having a lingering sense of decency, makes his bow and exits—God knows where.” The Rough Road Ham," he said hollowly, "I am a jolly old rotter! Bones in London “She said,” replied Nigel, “that she was jolly glad she never saw you now and that you were a silly rotter!” Bird of Paradise Well," as Macartney shook his head, "he's a rotter, if ever there was one! The La Chance Mine Mystery I know I’ve been a rotter, and I don’t think I deserve any confidences from my old dad. The Spoilers of the Valley "Don't think me such a rotter," he said. The Wooden Horse "Now, you rotter, I've got to get you set!" he muttered, bending down and peering into the periscope with his rifle gripped tightly in his hands. With Haig on the Somme Though she was disappointed in Lucy's choice, it seemed dreadful to her to speak of a man who was about to enter the family as a "rotter." Virginia She would manage everything her own way and get rid of him 376 once and for all ... get rid of that footy rotter who had come there to jeer at her. The Bill-Toppers He said it just like that,––as if being a rawncher was as easy as being a rotter. The Spoilers of the Valley I don't want to tell you that you're a fool or a rotter, because you aren't, but that's just what makes it so disappointing for any one who cares about you. The Wooden Horse The overcivilized man who does nothing to counterbalance his luxuriousness is generally a rotter.” The Long Portage "So Lucy is going to marry that old rotter, is she?" he asked pleasantly as his father entered. Virginia And Lily had said nothing, reserving to herself the right to have him turned off the stage by Jimmy, with a smack in the eye, before everybody: the footy rotter, coming there to defy her! The Bill-Toppers "I could stand it, too, except being up here with such"—his voice dwindled to a mutter, but it sounded to Gary as though he had used the word "rotters." Barbarians Some o' my countrymen are rotters, ye know. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea I put him down, as did everyone else, as an out-and-out rotter, and held him up as an example of our decadent aristocracy. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France "Murphy is a rotter; he has no manners." A Dominie in Doubt When I think,” cried Lily, beside herself, “when I think that Pa and Ma will be here ... with tricks stolen from me! footy rotter that you are!” The Bill-Toppers But you wouldn’t have had the cheek to send me a rotter of a story like that six years ago, and you know it. In the Mist of the Mountains Lots of people are rotters and never find it out. The Fifth Ace Then to everyone's amazement burst out: "What a mean rotter you are, though." Men of Affairs "I'm an awful rotter—plain lazy, I guess." Walter and the Wireless Elephants, monkeys, harnessed buffaloes; and then Mexico and Ave Maria, London and those footy rotters! The Bill-Toppers "I know who you are, and there's just one name for your kind—you're an out and out rotter." The Highgrader If you'd ever been an absolute rotter and then got on to the fact when it was too late, I guess you wouldn't be very much like yourself, either. The Fifth Ace That rotter, Sperry," said Lord Guenn with a grin—"I was glad to see you bowl him over. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage Look here," I remonstrated, "don't be a rotter. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Then, at least, she could crush him from the height of her success, that footy rotter with his red-hot stove! The Bill-Toppers He must be an out and out rotter. The Highgrader "She must be a rotter," said Frank, "if she said that." Priscilla's Spies I may be a rotter, but I’d have been a hundred times worse if it hadn’t been for you. A College Girl Then all I can say," Richard declared, "is that your magistrate or judge, or whatever he calls himself, is a rotter, and your laws absurd. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Lily, fashioned to be the companion of a loving heart, was the prey of a footy rotter! The Bill-Toppers "She dislikes me, she thinks I am a rotter, and I expect she was right, but I shall not be in the future, and then perhaps she will change." Man and Maid But there are times when it's heart-breaking work, this thing of running down the guilty, the scum of the earth, the failures, the rotters, and the rats. The Winning Clue "You find the worst rotters in any country squatted over the richest minerals." The Captain of the Kansas One thing—he knows I am not one of those rotters who ask for more than they can possibly be given so that, if things go wrong, they may complain of their tools. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I And what chance, what meeting would settle her fate and make her—who could say?—the companion of a loving heart, or a prey to some footy rotter? The Bill-Toppers Bobby was a rotter through and through, and so he couldn't even behave decently to the woman who had given up everything for him, once her charm went. Man and Maid The fact that I have tried to make you stay simply proves the particular type of rotter that I am. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story As she is better now and only wants rest, I feel normal and realise what a rotter I must have looked that night. Gilbert Keith Chesterton That would have convinced me that he was the rotter the world said he was when he turned against me. From the Housetops For all that, he's rather a decent sort; no bounder like that rotter we left at Mandalay. Parrot & Co. You all seemed rotters to me, so I spent my leaves in the14 country or here. Man and Maid Somehow I knew that I must speak, that I must arouse slackers, and tell rotters about what is going on. My War Experiences in Two Continents At the other or lower extreme, there are perhaps one-tenth who are so-called "rotters," the men who set the evil standards of the camp and whose conduct is almost altogether selfish and materialistic. With Our Soldiers in France She'll probably have her work cut out defending herself against some of her fine gentlemen, some of the respectable rotters in there. From the Housetops Now, Mr. Patten stated the situation exactly—most of these fine varieties are notoriously bad rotters. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Now you seem glorious beings, and I the rotter. Man and Maid At last I tracked it down to an Army cook; the rotter had had typhoid about five years ago and simply poisoned everything he touched. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Even at the end of everything—after being a waster and a rotter since I was a kid—I have to drag this poor chap down with me. The Parts Men Play I'm no good, I'm a rotter, and I'm going to the devil as fast as I know how, Simmy. From the Housetops He and Horace always thought I was a rotter and an outsider. The Second Honeymoon "I would much rather hear it personally explained—the merest outline,—please tell me, it might help me not to be such a rotter—." Man and Maid Please forgive me for being such a rotter. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Lord Durwent regretted the necessity of his actions, but the boy had proved himself a 'waster' and a 'rotter.' The Parts Men Play "No man on earth can call me that!" shouted Harden, "Take it back and apologize, you rotter!" The Enchanted Canyon If it's the prospect of sharing a title with me, a rotter would have eaten the leek. Caste Confound him, he persists in saying I'm all right, but God deliver him from those demmed rotters, the American builders. The Husbands of Edith If I can help it, I'll never act like a rotter again, I hate a prig, Cynthia, like the devil, but I hate a rotter even more. The Plastic Age One of these boys began, “Please God, You know I've been a rotter.” Your Boys You lost your head once—over a rotter. The Odds And Other Stories By Jove! as to that, my dear Colonel, this trip is just good sport—I love it: less danger than playing polo with these rotters. Caste I took the rotter on because he's rich and will be richer when his father dies; he married me because he was rotten and I had the worst reputation he could discover. The Day of Days An Extravaganza I was a rotter and he got fed up with me. Captivity The other side was narks an' cows an' rotters to a man; But mine was all reel bonzer chaps. Digger Smith Well to sum him up briefly he was what school boys and subalterns would call 'a rotter.' Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement I know that Pine is always helping rotters in London, but I didn't know that he had any cause to interfere with this lot. Red Money And he had sat by the sea, and come to the conclusion that he was a rotter, but in the web of Fate and much to be pitied, which is like a man. Simon Called Peter Look here," said he to me, "you've got to sit next that rotter. African Camp Fires There are so many kinds of love, and every big family is bound to include a certain number of rotters. Through stained glass Anyhow," said Judith, next to Richard in age and authority, "if he is a rotter, he can go into the Brats' band. Mount Music "Is that your pretty way of telling me I'm the biggest rotter you ever met?" Charles Rex Nobody but a cad and a rotter would have done anything else. The Tree of Heaven How would you feel, I wonder, if you knew your one and only sister was going to marry a rotter? The Lamp in the Desert I think I ought to tell you, before you take us in hand to that extent, that we're a family of rotters. The Rocks of Valpre He became the subject of frequent and often heated discussions, the opinion most generally held, and stated with a fine simplicity, being that he would prove to be "a rotter." Mount Music "Oh, was your mother a rotter?" said Toby, with sudden interest. Charles Rex Look here, you'd have thought me a rotter if I hadn't, wouldn't you? The Tree of Heaven "Neither can she afford to make use of rotters," rejoined the Colonel. The Lamp in the Desert "You may be a rotter, my boy, but you are not one of the crooked sort." The Rocks of Valpre M. Defourcambault was a little rotter, yet he had driven the carriage of Boulanger in a crisis of the history of France! The Roll-Call I'm too great a rotter, you know, Jake, to take things much to heart. Charles Rex Nicky," he said, "you filthy rotter, why on earth didn't you tell me?... The Tree of Heaven "I knew I was a rotter," said Barbara, "but I didn't know it was obvious to everybody." The Penalty "Do you know," he said, smiling faintly, "I always thought you were a rotter." The Way of an Eagle Ethelrida seemed to have collected a lot of rotters, he thought to himself, although it was the same party he had so enjoyed last year! The Reason Why Mind you, that was fifteen years ago: I was a rotter then, same as you might be. The Servant in the House "Drayton's a bit of a rotter," Michael said, "not to see you through." The Tree of Heaven And if you happen to hurt them, you think you are a rotter. The Penalty I used to think him a rotter till I saw him fight, and then I had to change my mind. The Way of an Eagle And think of the rotters they are—most of them! The Reason Why You see, Payson Clifford, having been sent to a decent school and a decent college, irrespective of whether his father was a rotter or not, had imbibed something of a sense of honor. By Advice of Counsel "And as Lord Wilchester happens to be a rotter, they must go to the wall," remarked Green. The Obstacle Race "And I want to apologize for being a rotter." Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Men like Dr. Bliss* have made such an impression that an occasional rotter might easily take advantage of it. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace I dare say you would think Murray a rotter if you met him. This Is the End And in the end we killed her between us, her pious old psalm singing hypocrite of a grandfather, the rotter who ruined her, and myself, the prince of fools. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth It swam with four inches of itself—the head end—reared up out of the water, exactly like Kaa in the Jungle Book—so we know Kipling is a true author and no rotter. The Wouldbegoods I had displayed myself, as the Registrar put it, "an unmitigated rotter." Tono Bungay "Then we'd better get back and make sure of the other rotter." The Amateur Cracksman She knew many other songs, but either Pat could not play them or Burlingham declared them "above the head of Reub the rotter." Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise "Some gentlemen are rotters," said Ted Holiday, with a wisdom beyond his twenty years. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth "What a dear, fat old rotter of a respectability it is, to be sure," said she—and strode from the room, and from the house. The Conflict Even these wretched young rotters were not very common at our house; but there were two of them that were a lot too common—common in every sort of way. The Innocence of Father Brown Now as for these rotters, I'll plant a crop of fists on their faces. The Dramatic Values in Plautus They thought they'd rather have a brainy nobleman like your brother than a good old rotter like you. Viviette Maybe he was a bit of a rotter himself. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth "Oh, you little rotters!" exclaimed the earl, whom they sometimes teased to the point of agony. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories I can never hear him referred to slightingly without feeling myself a rotter not to explain. Star-Dust Yes, he was a rotter—a hark-back to his mother's relations; she was a Cranmote—they ruin any blood they mix with. The Price of Things "Oh! well, it is a rotter, you know—that is—like Uncle Hubert, I mean." Three Weeks Her smile repeated Ted Holiday's verdict that some gentlemen were rotters. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Such a man they would have summed up as "a rotter." The Woman with the Fan When it was all over he might possibly become a rotter again of a sort, but it would only be a pale reflection of the rotter he had been. My Man Jeeves A regular rotter; that man is about as bad as they make 'em. Esther Waters I know some of us are rotters—especially here in Marut. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People So this rotter, instead of shifting off, proceeded to cut the fence, and go through that way. Mike More reluctantly they admitted that she had made something of that young rotter, Colin, even while they supposed that he had been sent abroad to keep him out of Anne Severn's way. Anne Severn and the Fieldings As a rule, the old rotter is the life and soul of our set. My Man Jeeves I am not a soldier, Hebblethwaite, but the fellows we've got up at the top—not the soldiers themselves but the chaps like old Busby and Simons—are simply out and out rotters. The Double Traitor I haven't got that excuse—I'm in the Gurkhas—and what I do I do because I am a rotter. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People I'll make it up to you, girl, for the rotter I am. Gaslight Sonatas I had a couple of quid on Allen, and the rotter goes and gets licked.' The Pothunters I'm awfully glad you married him and not that rotter, Thompson, who used to hang on so. Tales of St. Austin's Pedder hasn't got a car yet, and these old rotters round here aren't going to move out of their chairs to go for a ride in an ordinary cart. The White Feather We might have had some awful rotter put in. The Head of Kay's No girl in God's world will have to find herself tied up to me without I can show her a million dollars every time she remembers that she's married to a rotter. Gaslight Sonatas Why, Willis, who fancies himself as a chauffeur, undertakes to do the driving; and naturally, being an absolute rotter, goes and smashes up the whole concern just outside St Albans. Psmith in the City Because I'm a good deal of a—rotter. Flowing Gold He must be a rotter to let himself be rushed. The White Feather Say 'J. Silver says that I am a rotter. The Head of Kay's You—married a rotter, Loo—that couldn't even live decent with his—old man. Gaslight Sonatas That rotter what was found guilty of spyin' for the enemy? Our Pilots in the Air "My child," said he, with a fine display of wounded dignity, "I am not quite the rotter you think I am." The Hollow of Her Hand I'm not such a rotter as all that. Mr. Bingle Anyhow, they must have been pretty bad, for they made even the Eckleton police, who are pretty average-sized rotters, suspicious, and they kept an eye on them. The Head of Kay's I call it a crime to expect a body of intelligent men to administer without emolument to the greed of such a crowd of rotters. The Evil Shepherd "Do you really think I’m such a rotter as all that?" Winding Paths When I landed in Panama I was a rotter. The Ne'er-Do-Well Yes, but there's that rotter Charles ready to inherit! The Eye of Zeitoon "Courteau is a rotter, and your affair with his wife explains his animosity." The Winds of Chance Ask any Johnny in the City, he 'll tell you Mexico's a very tricky country—the people are awful rotters. Plays : First Series Why should you be a rotter for doing what all the rest of the world does? Winding Paths "Pore old rotter!" the husband would say generously. The Heart of Rachael "What a dirty rotter he must be, when he seemed such a prince!" was William's summary. Saturday's Child Truly, as the Commissioner—once more a sound Protestant—remarked in later years: "The old rotter came up to the scratch that time." South Wind At last, he'd wormed himself in everywhere, he came to be one of the family, the rotter, the carrion. Under Fire: the story of a squad Ask any Johnny in the City, he 'll tell you Mexico's a very tricky country—the people are awful rotters MRS. Complete Plays of John Galsworthy It isn't very pleasant to discover that one is a rotter. Dear Brutus She's a precious sight too good for you, you old rotter. Love Among the Chickens And if, in order to prepare him, I gave him a copy of the "Meditations," he would fling the book across the room and qualify Marcus Aurelius as a "rotter." Simon the Jester "Exactly, monsieur," the neighbor replied; "I tell you that you play hell with them and yet you'd jolly well like to be in the rotters' place." Under Fire: the story of a squad I have got accustomed to hear you talking about men as rotters, and calling everything filthy and beastly; though I do think it horrible and unladylike. Pygmalion I wish I could help you, but I can't; I am a rotter. Dear Brutus "Is he such a rotter?" he asked instead. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Then there was that rotter Owen; there was a bright specimen for yer! The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists "Ah, the rotters, the vermin, these fatigue men!" Under Fire: the story of a squad Dad," cried his son impulsively, "I am a rotter. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today "What d'you take any notice of those rotters for?" said Stalky, playing substitute for the Old Boys, magnificent in black jersey, white knickers, and black stockings. Stalky & Co. Dolly is a rotter not to be here! Howards End Just fancy, the cheek of a rotter like Crass, trying to get Owen the sack! The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Ask any Johnny in the City, he 'll tell you Mexico's a very tricky country—the people are awful rotters— MRS. Joy Dolly is a rotter not to be here!� Howards End "Can't we turn out those rotters before we get to work?" Stalky & Co. The policeman passed a second time; his gaze seemed to say, "Now, what's a toff doing on that seat with those two rotters?" The Island Pharisees "I don't see Hornblower's such a rotter," remarked the other man, whose name was James. The Longest Journey The rotters of the Assembly, the perfidious accomplices of Motti� arranging for flight... The French Revolution - Volume 2 The fellow was a rotter—he was sure of it, had always been sure. Beyond Some of the worst rotters the world has ever been cursed with have been brainy enough—men and women. All Roads Lead to Calvary "I say, you don't mean to say that that rotter Jones was such a rotter as to do a rotten thing like that?" Something New He was with me at the balancing age, when a chap becomes a man or a rotter. The Drums of Jeopardy "I am going to be an awful rotter," he said. Kingdom of the Blind He's a rotter and a hound of the rankest sort! The Adventures of Jimmie Dale Marie's English did not comprehend "rotter," but she knew the tone. The Street of Seven Stars "You are quite right and I'm a rotter." The Street of Seven Stars |
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