Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Born of a bawd; a bawd from birth.
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Examples
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If imprisonment be the due of a bawd, why, tis his right: bawd is he, doubtless, and of antiquity too; bawd-born.
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Well, then, imprison him: if imprisonment be the due of a bawd, why, 'tis his right: bawd is he doubtless, and of antiquity too; bawd-born.
Measure for Measure 1604
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_ Well, then, imprison him: if imprisonment be the due of a bawd, why, 'tis his right: bawd is he doubtless, and of antiquity too; bawd-born.
Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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Well, then, imprison him: if imprisonment be the due of a bawd, why, ’tis his right: bawd is he doubtless, and of antiquity too; bawd-born.
Measure for Measure 2004
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