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[ noun ] (obscene) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)In_fact it has caused us to give serious thought to moving our residence south , because it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to sit calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of people that the only way to deal with Southerners who oppose integration is to send in troops and shoot the bastards down . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)He had a mean , unbroken sheer bastard in his outfit , and someone invented the name Trig for him . The colored boy had it , and Trig lunged at him with a knife and said , ' Give that to me , you black bastard . (Francis Pollini, Night....)If the crummy bastard could write ! Turn the bastards over to me - to me and my boys - no nigger ever got what would be comin to them - reactionary bastards . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] born out of wedlock
Synonyms Examples "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman Related terms |
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[ adjective ] fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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[ noun ] derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
Synonyms Examples "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
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