vulgar fraction
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vulgar fraction
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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My grandmother sent me to school, but I looked at the master, and saw that he was a smooth round ferule, or an improper noun, or a vulgar fraction, and refused to obey him.
From Prue and I by Curtis, George William
Go—look at each transaction, Wars, revels, loves—do these bring men more ease Than the mere plodding through each "vulgar fraction?"
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
My good sir, one can't marry a vulgar fraction!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
My grandmother sent me to school, but I looked at the master, and saw that he was a smooth, round ferule—or an improper noun—or a vulgar fraction, and refused to obey him.
From The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Poe, Edgar Allan
Quiggens, go 'way, Quiggens—you're of the common natur', Quiggens—a vulgar fraction, Quiggens; and you can't understand an indiwidooal who has a mind inside of his hat, and a whole soul packed away under his jacket.
From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
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