bastard-dom
bastard-dom noun: the condition, quality, or realm of a bastard; bastards collectively.
Noun
bastard-dom (uncountable)
- The condition, quality, or realm of a bastard; bastards collectively
- There are so many eligible fathers in bastarddom.1963, Lawrence Edwards, Gravel in My Shoe
- It has been untenanted since the death of Lord Raspberry's aunt, "Lady Dolly Dray, the novelist, whose fat resources were built from the scurrilous, scandalising spiteful scions of bastarddom always found trampling on the heels of fame".1969, Jack Loudan, O rare Amanda!: the life of Amanda McKittrick Ros - Page 138
Examples of bastard-dom in a sentence
- Or, as Parker told the National Post in 1998, “Third grade is really the time when you are at your peak of bastard-dom.2014, Dave Thompson, South Park FAQ:
- Now you wanna go off all half-cocked and take on one of the most powerful bastards in all of bastard-dom?2015, Peter J Larrivee, Revenant:
Forms of bastard-dom
| alternative form | bastarddom |
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Origin of bastard-dom
From bastard + -dom.
Questions about bastard-dom
- What does bastard-dom mean?
- Bastard-dom means the condition, quality, or realm of a bastard; bastards collectively.
- How do you use bastard-dom in a sentence?
- Or, as Parker told the National Post in 1998, “Third grade is really the time when you are at your peak of bastard-dom.
- What part of speech is bastard-dom?
- Bastard-dom is a noun.
Words near bastard-dom in the dictionary
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