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Mr. Darcy looked a little ashamed of his aunt’s ill-breeding, and made no answer.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

If the words "Funeral private" or "Interment private" are added to the announcement, it is the height of ill-breeding for any except very intimate friends and relatives to be present.

From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Eichler, Lillian

The cold look of indifference I had expected and which is such a mark of ill-breeding among certain of her class, didn’t put in its appearance.

From Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery by Martin, Absalom

I am therefore now convinced that it would be ill-breeding in Me to take your seat, Mr. Pope.

From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack

"The ill-breeding of a lady of rank," Fritz interrupted her impatiently "extends usually only as far as the good-breeding of the man with whom she chances to be."

From 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance by Schubin, Ossip