Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of low or base breeding; mean; of discreditable origin.
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Examples
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Well may they smile alike; tliy base-bred boy And his base sire had both one cause, a toy:
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He said abruptly: "It is not altogether befitting that one who has the accomplishments of a holy priest should go garbed like a base-bred thrall.
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