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- noun The infamous misspelling of
sodomite used by Lord Alfred Douglas’ father, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, on a calling card left toIrish playwright Oscar Wilde.
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Examples
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If only he'd been literate enough to accuse you of being "THE ... somdomite, Hal Duncan."
THE.... Sodomite Hal Duncan!! Hal Duncan 2008
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In February of 1895, Wilde was accused by the Marquess of Queensberry of "posing as a somdomite" (Queensberry was better at boxing than spelling).
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After Wilde lost the libel case against the illiterate Marquess of Queensberry who accused him of being a "somdomite", Constance wrote to a friend: "My life has been cut to pieces as my hand is by its lines."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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