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churl

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1. churl - Noun

2. churl - Adjective

Meaning

A rustic; a countryman or laborer.

A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.

A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.

Churlish; rough; selfish.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It's an honor to be beheaded. Even a little churl becomes a man by being beheaded. Halldór Laxness

Entreat the churl and the bargain is broken off. Italian Proverb

Who gives sell, sells dear, if the receiver be not a churl. Italian Proverb

A churl knows not the work of spurs. French Proverb

A churl never liked a gentleman. French Proverb

In 9th century Mercian law a regular freeman ( churl ) was worth 200 shillings A shilling was defined as the value of a cow in Kent or elsewhere, a sheep. Source: Internet

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