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Bimbo extremely lewd, perhaps come up and use a figleaf
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bowdlerise
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vb. (alternative form of bowdlerize English)
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bowdlerise \bowdlerise\ v. same as bowdlerize . Syn: bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten, cut.
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Word definitions in WordNet
v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize , expurgate , castrate , shorten ]
Usage examples of bowdlerise.
He does not Bowdlerise who uses pumice to a blot, but he who rubs the copy into holes wherever he can find an honest letter with a downstroke thicker than becomes a fine-nibbed pen.
Lunzie was relieved rather than upset and eventually gave Dondara a bowdlerised description of the events.