Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: worthies
IPA transcription: [w'ɝðiz]
Usage examples
  • Blathers and Duff; and actually put on his hat preparatory to sallying forth to obtain the assistance of those worthies.
  • We have seen that, although Napoleon, the defeated, has a more gorgeous tomb than Wellington, who defeated him, yet there is consolation in the thought that although England has no monument to Shakespeare he now has the freedom of Elysium; while the present address of the British worthies who have battened and fattened on poor humanity's thirst for strong drink, since Samuel Johnson was executor of Thrale's estate, is unknown.