1 But with the operation of what came to be known as the governor's "slander mill," the North saw only a rebellious state that needed a heavy hand, and a heavy hand was laid upon it.
2 We decided that it did more harm than good because it just kept the Yankees stirred up and furnished more grist for the slander mill of his excellency, Governor Bullock.
3 That just shows the meanness of this slander.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina. 4 And he related how a peasant had stolen some flour from the miller, and when the miller told him of it, had lodged a complaint for slander.
5 As for the officer's widow to whom they say I gave a beating, she's in business now, and it's a slander, it's a slander that I beat her.
6 Just recall to your mind what these malicious creatures wrote in the papers about papa, and how horribly they slandered him.
7 Elsewhere in this volume the slanderous aspersion has been disproved, that the vocation of whaling is throughout a slatternly, untidy business.
8 Mr. Duke, before leaving Montgomery, signed a card disclaiming any intention of slandering Southern white women.
9 Well, there's no preventing slanderers from having their fill at any time; but you need not be afraid.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated