| 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. |
| When at war, his banner was attended by knights, squires, and grooms, vavasours and varlets. |
| The cadaverous, half nude varlets that served in the establishment had nothing of poetry in their appearance, nothing of romance, nothing of Oriental splendor. |
| Bid the varlets lower the draw-bridge and raise the portcullis. |
| Two russet-clad varlets, with loud halloo and cracking whips, walked thigh-deep amid the swarm, guiding, controlling, and urging. |
| And I never call people varlets, or saucy varlets. |
