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Перевод: harridan

[существительное]
ведьма ; карга ; старая карга

Тезаурус:

1. She took in the bloated rage of the Captain, the eager faces of the card players who were savouring every minute, the dry Insurance man with his cool uncaring manner, the old harridan who'd set it all in motion.
2. Born in a Preston slum, and upbraided as "a worldly little devil" by his harridan mother because he longs for food and warmth, his acute fear of being thought worldly dominates his subsequent life, causing him to be misunderstood and exploited.
3. Harridan women employed in the so-called service industries.
4. Before he was even inside Amelia's hallway, some harridan was leaping him, kissing his face with dry lips, pulling at his lapels.
5. Volumnia can easily be played as a sexless harridan: Ms Jefford interprets her as a passionate woman who dominates her son physically as well as spiritually, even to the extent of giving his face a resounding slap when he is recalcitrant.
6. "It is true," said the old harridan, whining, "that presently your looks will leave you, and if you have amassed no property, no wise investments, you must plan for your future.
7. "I must admit though that there is sometimes a temptation to call you Joan Harridan!"
8. "I have never, in all my travels, met a meaner, tighter-fisted old harridan."
9. Th'don't think that old harridan'll feed and clothe us till Kingdom Come?
10. A doormat for that bullying old harridan to wipe her feet on.
11. No doubt that was due to the ticking off she had received from that strict harridan of a teacher at the small private school in Kensington.
12. Ruled by that dreadful old harridan Mrs Butler, that desiccated Scotswoman who half-starved the poor rector, enduring the chilly discomfort of that great barn of a rectory all alone - of course marriage would be attractive!
13. Describes the clients in a pawnbroker's shop in a squalid neighbourhood: a harridan, a drunken brute who abuses his pathetic wife, a genteel mother and daughter just becoming inured to poverty, a prostitute, and a drunken old woman ("Who shall say how soon these women may change places?").