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Definition of Common scold
1. Noun. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Specialized synonyms: Harridan
Derivative terms: Nag, Nag, Scold, Scold, Scold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Scold
Literary usage of Common scold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"... A common scold—ie, a woman who by habitual scolding disturbs the peace and
comfort of the neighborhood—is a public nuisance, and indictable at common ..."
2. Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of London by John Carpenter, Henry Thomas Riley (1861)
"Item, that no woman of lewd life, bawd, courtesan, or common scold, be resident
in the Ward; but be forthwith removed by the Alderman and driven out of the ..."
3. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1858)
"common scold.1 § 146. THE offence of being a common scold is an old one cognizable
by the common law. It is a particular form of nuisance.2 There are ..."
4. Records of the Borough of Nottingham: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Nottingham (England). (1883)
"They also present, that William Smalley is a common scold, to the nuisance of
his neighbours there dwelling.—Therefore he is in mercy, ete.: 6d. ..."
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