Don Ambrosio, into whose hands she had fallen, was, as has before been intimated, one of the most daring and lawless profligates in all Granada.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
And I take it that most men not profligates or fools will understand me when I say that I think there are some things that it is worse than useless that women should know, and that this sordid four-year-old business was one of them.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
Am I dishonest for making all the profit I can out of a set of profligates and fools?
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn