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bound·er

 (boun′dər)
n. Chiefly British
An ill-bred, unscrupulous man; a cad.
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bounder

(ˈbaʊndə)
n
1. old-fashioned slang Brit a morally reprehensible person; cad
2. a person or animal that bounds
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bound•er

(ˈbaʊn dər)

n.
an obtrusive, ill-bred person.
[1535–45]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bounder - someone who is morally reprehensiblebounder - someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"
blackguard, cad, hound, heel, dog
perisher - bounder
scoundrel, villain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
2.bounder - someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
leaper
jumper - an athlete who competes at jumping; "he is one hell of a jumper"
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Translations

bounder

(o.f.) [ˈbaʊndəʳ] N (Brit) → sinvergüenza m, granuja m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bounder

[ˈbaʊndər] n (British) (old-fashioned) (= cad) → goujat m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bounder

n (dated Brit, inf) → Lump m (dated inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bounder

[ˈbaʊndəʳ] n → maleducato/a, cafone/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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It's the poverty of the life those people show, and the awful bounders, of both sexes, that they represent."
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I've been awfully lucky, and all because that fellow Cathcart turned out such a funk and a bounder. It's the oddest thing in the world too, that old Cis should have written me to pick up all the news I could about Scarlett Trent and send it to you.
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"If it was not for losing the machine," the Englishman explained to the girl, "I'd let the bounder take it up and break his fool neck as he would do inside of two minutes."
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"I can be a shocking bounder at times," Aynesworth murmured.
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"I reckon the daffy old bounder don't know no more'n we do about it," growled the rat-faced sailor.
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"Nay," said the other, "I hold with this holy Prior, who hath paid me my fees in hard gold, so that I am bounder to him."
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"Oh, I say now, Clayton," returned Tennington, "you needn't be so rough on a fellow just because you didn't happen to suggest this trip yourself--you've acted a regular bounder ever since we sailed.
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What kind of a Cockney bounder and cad could she have taken him for?
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Houghton 12th in the women's 13th in the girls and under-17 it a North Shields Poly finished 49th; Gateshead were 53rd; Gosforth 80th and Blackhill Bounders 82nd.
Relay good showing by Houghton teams; JUNIOR ATHLETICS
HIS country has always had a rich tradition of cads and bounders.
So, are you a cad?
In the added 15M race, Gary Wallace of Blackhill Bounders was an easy winner.
Outclassed rest; SPORT SHORTS ATHLETICS

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