termagant

The termagant was so old that he could not remember a time when he'd been young.

It was not done to walk away from the Termagant.

But the death of the termagant was more complicated than that.

He had an appointment to keep with a beautiful termagant.

Then he saw the termagant in its pool of tears.

"And the woman was a termagant - at least so I've been told.

Something else for the little termagant to beat him over the head with should the occasion arise.

He probably was the last termagant in the Carpet.

And she had fought for him, his little termagant!

Lord, the termagant has got brass; I'll give her that.

Termagant also became a stock character in a number of medieval mystery plays.

"No," he said thoughtfully, "perhaps a termagant is a better word."

What a transformation from the railing termagant who had stormed up to her room earlier!

Lily, left to her imaginings, pictured a termagant, for no good reason.

Him and the old lady, and isn't she a termagant.

Blinking in surprise and some confusion if not quite revelation, the Termagant looked down at the girl.

Termagant, no one knows where I am going.

"How can a woman as lovely as you be such a termagant?

"I pity the poor block who is foolish enough to marry that little termagant."

Termagant was sold out of service in 1819.

"Termagant, I swear to you that she does not.

"Termagant," he remarked mildly, a teasing light in his eyes.

The termagant was right' he was getting rather overweight.

How could even the worst termagant of a nagging wife take exception to the fact that the police had been questioning a man?

So she, gentle and timid to excess, acquired among them the reputation of a termagant.