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Noun: common scold
Usage: archaic
  1. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
    "The neighbourhood common scold was always complaining about the noise from children playing";
    - scold, scolder, nag, nagger

Derived forms: common scolds

Type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Common scold