She invited us to lunch in the kitchen and shut the door so that none of the hungry varlets of the company should stick in their unmannerly noses and whine for scraps.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
In fine weather, and when all was well, the sharks in our wake had more religion than they; but the instant they were in danger, down they tumbled upon their quivering knees, and if heaven was twice as big as it is, it could not have held saints enough for those varlets to petition."
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
"But take to her, O gallant knight, This signet with my solemn plight To seek her presence straight, When varlets or a caitiff crew Resolved some evil deed to do- Besiege her castle gate.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson