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  • verb Alternative form of bowdlerize.

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Examples

  • He is in fact one of the few writers of real eminence who have been forced to Bowdlerise themselves.

    The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889

  • Bowdlerise one of the best-known British sea-shanties.

    Libertarian Blog Place 2009

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