| And I never call people varlets, or saucy varlets. |
| Even among those who rank, at least by economic criteria, as middle-class, the most proximate precedent for their dress style is that of medieval varlets. |
| We are an uncouth, snobby, and withal, shabby-looking set of varlets. |
| When at war, his banner was attended by knights, squires, and grooms, vavasours and varlets. |
| I threw one of his varlets into a thorn hedge, and another into a water-butt, and a third landed head-first into a ditch. |
| Two russet-clad varlets, with loud halloo and cracking whips, walked thigh-deep amid the swarm, guiding, controlling, and urging. |
