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lowbred

[ loh-bred ]
/ ˈloʊˈbrɛd /
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adjective
characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.
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Origin of lowbred

First recorded in 1750–60; low1 + bred
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How to use lowbred in a sentence

  • Why, in the name of Athene, do they put such lowbred villains into office.

    Callias|Alfred John Church
  • A fellow of your caste had otherwise obtained no hold upon me; a lowbred, illiterate drunkard——'

    Gerald Fitzgerald|Charles James Lever
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