rudish
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The surfaces of some of the stones were found painted over in red ochre or paint, with rudish hieroglyphics—being, as first shown by Mr. Birch, quarry marks, written on the stones 4000 years ago, and hence, perhaps, forming the oldest preserved writing in the world.
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The clown stood on a ladder's rung, And answered him with rudish tongue: "I've caught the villain—this here kite Kept my hens ever in a fright; I've nailed he here to my barn-door, Him shan't steal turkey-pouts no more."
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My Laura, your rebukes are prudish; For although flattery is rudish, Yet deference, not more than just, May be received without disgust.
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I was off my guard, and rudish; but you were not.
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