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demi-rep
demi-rep (ˈdɛmɪrɛp) Also -rip. [f. demi- 11 + ‘rep, for reputation’, mentioned by Swift Polite Conversation, Introd. p. li, among ‘some abbreviations exquisitely refined,’ then in current use. Cf. also reputable, in common use in 18th c. in sense ‘honourable, respectable, decent’, and disreputable.]...
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demi-reputable
demi-reputable, a. (dɛmɪˈrɛpjʊtəb(ə)l) [f. demi- + reputable; see demi-rep.] Of doubtful reputation. Also ˌdemi-repuˈtation.1897 W. J. Locke Derelicts xvii. 224 That fashionable demi-reputable world which had drawn him to his precipice. 1909 M. B. Saunders Litany Lane x, People with doubtful histori...
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Edward Thompson (Royal Navy officer)
It was followed by the 'Demi-Rep' (1756), by the 'Courtesan,’ and by several other 'Meretricious Miscellanies,’ as the author called them.
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demi-monde
demi-monde (dəmimɔ̃d, ˈdɛmɪmɒnd) [Fr.; lit. ‘half-world’, ‘half-and-half society’, a phrase invented by Dumas the younger. Cf. demi-rep.] a. The class of women of doubtful reputation and social standing, upon the outskirts of ‘society.’ (Sometimes, though improperly, extended to include courtesans i...
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undeluded
undeˈluded, ppl. a. (un-1 8.)1746 Young Nt. Th. ix. 1022 There..she [the soul] can rove at large;..And, undeluded, grasp at something great. 1756 Demi-Rep 22 Ye undeluded shun the flow'ry shore, Nor split, where thousands have been wreck'd before! 1816 Byron A Sketch 20 That high Soul..panted for th...
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venally
ˈvenally, adv. rare—1. [f. venal a.1] In a venal or mercenary manner.1756 Demi-Rep 35 Their souls all free, not venally profuse.
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unfired
unˈfired, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] 1. Not set on fire; unignited.1590 Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons 18 b, With the powder next vnto the bullets vnfired. 1623 Massinger Bondman iv. ii, Marullo. We'll right ourselves... Gracculo. And not leave One house unfired. 1664 Evelyn Sylva 102 It is continually to be fed...
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sheetless
ˈsheetless, a. [f. sheet n.1] Without sheets.1756 Demi-Rep 26 Where stand the sheetless bed, the broken chair.
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soled
soled, ppl. a. (səʊld) [f. sole n.1 or v.1] Having a sole or soles (of a specified kind). Chiefly as the second element in various parasynthetic combinations: a. Of boots, shoes, etc. (Cf. single-soled a.)1480 Wardr. Acc. Edw. IV (1830) 118 A pair of shoon double soled,..a pair of shoon single soled...
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rep
▪ I. rep1 Colloq. abbrev. of reputation. Common in early 18th c.; now chiefly U.S.a 1705 Shippery in Brasenose Ale (1878) 2 Six go-downs upon rep. to our true English King! 1711 Addison Spect. No. 135 ¶10 This Humour..which has so miserably curtailed some of our Words,..as in mob. rep. pos. incog. a...
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lecher
▪ I. lecher, n.1 arch. (ˈlɛtʃə(r)) Forms: 2–5 lechur, 3 -or, 3–6 -our, 4 lichur, -o(u)re, licchour, lec(c)houre, lech-, lychure, 4–5 lichour, lecchour, 5 lecheour(e, lechowr(e, -ir, -urre, lichir, -or, lycher, lehchour, 5–6 lychour, (6 leachour, lecherd, 7 lechard), 6–8 leacher, letcher, 5– lecher. ...
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turnpike
turnpike, n. (ˈtɜːnpaɪk) Forms: see turn v. and pick n.1, pike n.1; also 5–7 Sc. -pik, 6 Sc. -pek, 7 Sc. -pecke, -pyck; 7–8 turn(e)-peg. [f. turn- + pick n.1, pike n.1] I. 1. Hist. A spiked barrier fixed in or across a road or passage, as a defence against sudden attack, esp. of men on horseback. It...
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girl
▪ I. girl, n. (gɜːl) Forms: 3 gurle, 4–6 gerl(e, 4–7 girle, gyrle, (6 guirle, gierle, gyrll, 7 garle), 9 dial. gal, gell, 7– girl. [Of obscure etymology. A conjecture favoured by many scholars (Möller, Noreen, Luick) is that the word represents OE. *gyrela masc., *gyrele fem.:—OTeut. types *gurwilon...
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