lowbred
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lowbred
Example Sentences
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He shocked Boston with his foppish "velvet waistcoats of vivid green or brilliant crimson" and his lowbred way of breezily combing his long tresses during a dinner given in his honor.
From Time Magazine Archive
People will buy and read what requires no effort of mean capacities to follow, and what satisfies lowbred tastes by a standard of morality to which they can, with as little difficulty, attain.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey
"Winnie, you're positively lowbred to show such curiosity!"
From Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells
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