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Robert Christy, comp.  Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages.  1887.
 
Scolding
 
He scolds most that can hurt the least.  Danish.  1
She will scold the devil out of a haunted house.  2
Since you have been scolding me, I have counted a hundred and twenty holes in that nutmeg-grater.  Spanish.  3
Who more ready to call her neighbor “scold,” than the arrantest scold in the parish?  4
 
 
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