Meaning of losel | Babel Free

Definitions

A worthless or despicable person, scoundrel.

archaic

Examples

“Dowtles such losels Make⟳ the churche to be In smale auctoryte; […]”

“The whiles a losell wandring by the way, / One that to bountie neuer cast⟳ his mind⟳, / Ne thought of honour euer did assay […].”

“And, losel, thou art worthy to be hang'd.”

“These thousand straight-standing firm-set individuals, who shoulder arms, who march⟳, wheel, advance, retreat; and are, for your behoof, a magazine charged with fiery death, in the most perfect condition of potential activity: few months ago, till the persuasive sergeant came, what were they? Multiform ragged losels, runaway apprentices, starved weavers, thievish valets […]”

“Not since I backed a horse have⟳ I been pressed so hard; peril of life, jeopardy of land⟳ and livelihood, and to sum up, all these losels in the wood to hunt me down.”

“Lots of folk live⟳ on their wits: / Lecturers, lispers, / Losels, loblolly-men, louts— / They don't end⟳ up as paupers; […]”

“‘Come⟳ on, you losel,’ he said to Spatchcock, ‘you privy calligrapher, you. You can carry⟳ his bottles. I’ll carry⟳ him.’”

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