"Waster" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... have him," said the other. "It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse. Leave that rogue lying. Now stretch out in line, my merry ones, with arrow on string, and I shall show you such sport as only the King can give. ...
— The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle
... melting of the snow Divines depart and April comes; Examinations nearer grow After the melting of the snow; The grinder wears a face of woe, The waster smokes and twirls his thumbs; After the melting of the snow ...
— The Scarlet Gown - being verses by a St. Andrews Man • R. F. Murray
... thought at all about that, Carley? Something is wrong today. Men are not marrying. Wives are not having children. Of all the friends I have, not one has a real American home. Why, it is a terrible fact! But, Carley, you are not a sentimentalist, or a melancholiac. Nor are you a waster. You have fine qualities. You need something to do, some one ...
— The Call of the Canyon • Zane Grey
... you'll have me; take me for what I'm worth— A chap that's a bit of a waster, come from the ends of the earth To fight with the best that's in him for the dear old ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 • Various
... learn it well.' Now, then, it is in nature the child should want this handsome stranger; but with me thou wilt certainly say, 'He is not fit for thy happiness; he has not the true faith, he gambles, he fights duels, he is a waster, he lives badly, he will take thee far from thy own people and thy ...
— The Bow of Orange Ribbon - A Romance of New York • Amelia E. Barr
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