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- verb Alternative form of
bowdlerize .
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Examples
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One beautiful Sunday morning the yellow omnibus was waiting for some of us as we dawdled about in the school-room, titivating; the masters nowhere, as usual on a Sunday morning; and some of the boys began to sing in chorus a not very edifying _chanson_, which they did not "Bowdlerize," about a holy Capuchin friar; it began (if I remember rightly):
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"Bowdlerize" in his abridged (by Ray Comfort) version of Websters dictionary with apologetic introduction by Ray Comfort .... that is if words that begin with the letter "B" are still included.
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Then Bowdlerize the current debate, when the real debate was properly concluded using masses of writings and many conferences a long time ago, and “equalize” the “two sides”–science and nonsense–thereby setting up a “discussion” that cannot fail to impress Afdave and his ilk that they are indeed possessors of superior knowledge.
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If some enterprising soul chose to Bowdlerize my book, it would then become a short story.
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If some enterprising soul chose to Bowdlerize my book, it would then become a short story.
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