Swain

(n.) A servant.

(n.) A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.

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• The swain replied: 'It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• There I met Julia, who had forgotten her constant swain, Colonel Cotton, though he still appeared to adore her. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• John Swain cleared. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• You know the surest path to the heart of each swain, I doubt not, said Moore quietly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Like a love-lorn maiden, pale and pining for a neglectful swain? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Why, Zoe wouldn't look at him; and if that good-looking young bo'swain comes on the scene, I'm afraid old Cyclops' chance will be but a poor one. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Her sister asserted the family gentility by flouting the poor swain as he loitered about the prison for glimpses of his dear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain, of St. Augustine. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• That fresh fairy, Tippins, all but screams at sight of her false swain. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• You had better pick out some old man--some white-headed or bald-headed swain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I never saw such a man in all my life as her powdered swain. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The valet's wife looked rather silly at being thus cut by her admiring swain. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Then do the swains appear with tea, with lemonade, with sandwiches, with homage. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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