Word: villian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...thief would do. His face has stamped upon it that expression of conscious guilt, that evasive, sneaking, look, which is perfectly unmistakable. The difference between this thief and the man who steals money is simply that to society the one is a gentleman, the other a confirmed villian. Of course we do not refer to the man who leaves a lecture room for some sufficient reason; this man never sneaks from the room, but goes quietly out, whether the instructor is looking...