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canaille

[ kuh-neyl; French ka-nah-yuh ]

noun

  1. riffraff; rabble.


canaille

/ 办补苍蓱箩 /

noun

  1. the masses; mob; rabble
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of canaille1

1670鈥80; < French < Italian canaglia pack of dogs, equivalent to can ( e ) dog (< Latin canis ) + -aglia collective suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of canaille1

C17: from French, from Italian canaglia pack of dogs
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Example Sentences

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God would be canaille too in Boston in Massachusetts.

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鈥淎nd yet I knew and loved Sonia Armstrong. What do you think, then? That I would not soil my hands with killing such canaille as that man Cassetti? Well, perhaps you are right.鈥

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He knew nothing of that silent middle class that struggled between genteel poverty and the impossible desire of emulating the golden canaille to which he himself belonged.

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Of Berlioz, Wagner, and my humble self, it is no wonder that 'like draws to like,' and, as we are treated as impotent canaille amongst musicians, it is quite natural that we should be on good terms with the canaille among the instruments.

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"I suppose this is the case where the blood of a gentleman boils indignantly at the challenge of the canaille."

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