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son of a bachelor

son of a bachelor noun: son of a bitch.

Noun

son of a bachelor (plural sons of a bachelor or sons of bachelors)

  1. (euphemistic, uncommon) Son of a bitch.
    • You son of a Batchelor, do you throw your Pispots upon my head?1657, Thomas Jordan, The walks of Islington and Hogsdon, with the humours of Woodstreet-compter, a comedy., act 4, scene 2

Forms of son of a bachelor

pluralsons of a bachelor
pluralsons of bachelors

Origin of son of a bachelor

Attested from 1657.https://www.oed.com/dictionary/son-of-a-bachelor_n Likely a minced oath of son of a bitch based on the assonance between bitch and the first syllable of bachelor, and with bachelor being less vulgar but implying bastardy.

Questions about son of a bachelor

What does son of a bachelor mean?
Son of a bachelor means son of a bitch.
What part of speech is son of a bachelor?
Son of a bachelor is a noun.
What is the plural of son of a bachelor?
The plural of son of a bachelor is sons of a bachelor.

Words near son of a bachelor in the dictionary

  1. Son en Breugel
  2. son et lumière
  3. son jarocho
  4. son montuno
  5. son of a
  6. son of a bachelor
  7. son of a beach
  8. son of a biscuit
  9. son of a bitch
  10. son of a bitch stew
  11. son of a cunt

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