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- noun dated The state of being a
bastard (illegitimate child). - noun rare The unpleasant behaviour of a
bastard (objectionable person).
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Examples
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Tony Abbott takes aim at Julia Gillard over Afghan trip 'bastardry' TONY Abbott says he told
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And it's bastardry like this that not only gives free market capatalism a bad name, that then encourages more and more intrusive government interference in our lives -- it hurts people.
I aten't dead ... karenmiller 2009
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The network -- reliably thought to be based in Waziristan in Pakistan -- has much of the border regions of Af-Pak tied up, and made a true art form out of bloody-minded thuggery, extortion, murder, and bastardry.
Virginia M. Moncrieff: Clear and Present Danger: The Haqqani Network Virginia M. Moncrieff 2011
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And right next to her, squeezed out in the same time-frame, her squalling, fraternal twin in gleeful, ostentatious bastardry, one Donald Trump.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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Mind you, it didn't really matter that much, because you had Hutton's battered, weathered calm and Mark Sheppard's intelligent bastardry to make up for it.
LEVERAGE: The Second David Job Rogers 2009
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That comment appeared to be aimed much more at pervasive and accepted bastardry.
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The Adaptoid roars some nonsense about his form carrying the combined powers of the Mighty Avengers back when that meant more than super-strength, super-strength, super-strength, super-strength, little wings on your back, sheer evil bastardry, and a gun, respectively but The Vision coldly reminds him, I was designed to destroy the Avengers.
Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes II #8 (of 8) | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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That comment appeared to be aimed much more at pervasive and accepted bastardry.
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All I could do was weep like a little girl and wait for the swelling to go down while promising never to engage in sarcastic bastardry again.
Archive 2009-06-01 RICHARD 2009
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All I could do was weep like a little girl and wait for the swelling to go down while promising never to engage in sarcastic bastardry again.
Long and Wiggly Fingers Fire Fox Journalist? RICHARD 2009
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