bounder

“Bad manners, shoddy behavior toward women, gambling debts, cheating at cards, drunkenness, and despicable behavior in general, gave a man a bad reputation, earned him the names of blackguard, bounder, cad, and worse.” Barbara Taylor Bradford; The Heir; St. Martin’s Press; 2007. “‘You bounder, you.’ She leaped off her horse and ran for him. ‘I knew you’d come!’ Stanhope laughed. ‘I take great exception to being called a bounder, madam.

I have not yet reached that lofty status,’ he said, and greeted her enthusiastic hug with one of his own.” Julia London; The Scoundrel and the Debutante; HQN Books; 2015.