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bastardry

[ bas-ter-dree ]

noun

Australia and New Zealand.
  1. unpleasant, often aggressive behavior.


bastardry

/ ˈbæs-; ˈbÉ‘ËstÉ™drɪ /

noun

  1. slang.
    malicious or cruel behaviour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bastardry1

1635–45, for earlier sense; bastard + -ry
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And the story so clearly leads in a direction where that bastardry could have been fully realized, in a way that would have given the film some real narrative power.

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The criteria in these quizzes tend, for obvious reasons, to be broad enough to cover every behavioural trait from standard issue bastardry to trapped gas, and if you try hard enough you can apply them to anyone.

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And she was delivered of the Abbot Don Ferrando; the Pope was his godfather, and brought him up right honourably, and dispensed with his bastardry that he might hold any sacred dignity; and in process of time he was made an honourable Cardinal.

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