bruteman

Definitions

A man of brutish behaviour or appearance.

Examples

“The evil-smelling larrikin, beer-imbued — The evil-loving brute-man homeward goes, He kicks his dirty children with his boot, Cursing their hunger, — and his poor worn wife With cold flat-irons and handled broom awaits His coming, to revile his drinking hard.”

“At last⟳ she saw⟳ the stranger close⟳ one mighty hand upon the throat of his antagonist, and as he forced the bruteman’s head far back rain⟳ blow⟳ after blow⟳ upon the upturned face⟳.”

“True, we have⟳ people of the fifth column, and, unfortunately, the sixth column, with us; they have⟳ them in every country; but so far in this war the British diplomatic and secret service has not been so successful as that clever, astute brute-man Hitler and his agents.”

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