low-bred, a.
[f. low adv. + bred ppl. a.; cf. † to breed low (low adv. 1 b).]
Brought up in a low, inferior, vulgar fashion; characterized by low breeding, conduct, or manners.
| 1757 Garrick Lilliput i. ii. 39 Let low-bred Minds be curb'd by Laws and Rules. 1775 Sheridan Duenna i. ii, I don't mention your lowbred, vulgar, sound sleep. 1847 J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) I. 138 Like other low-bred creatures, they are covered with vermin. 1848 Kingsley Saints' Trag. iii. iii. 169 She'll wed some pink-faced boy—The more low-bred and penniless, the likelier. |