Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Using vulgar or coarse language; speaking with a vulgar accent.
- Speaking plainly out without endeavoring to soften one's meaning.
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Examples
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Haraymal (“Little Peganum-plant”), the Haráímil of the broad-speaking Bedawin.
The Land of Midian 2003
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(“Mount Pleasant”?), which the broad-speaking Bedawin lengthen to Malayh.
The Land of Midian 2003
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Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different: the Reeve, the Miller, and the Cook are several men, and distinguished from each other, as much as the mincing lady prioress, and the broad-speaking gap-toothed wife of Bath.
English literary criticism Various
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Prioress and the broad-speaking, gap-toothed Wife of Bath ....
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The right side here receives the Wady Haraymal ( "Little Peganum-plant"), the Haráímil of the broad-speaking Bedawin.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Lady Prioress and the broad-speaking gap-tooth'd Wife of Bath.
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Edmund Spenser 1730
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The Reeve, the Miller, and the Cook, are several men, and distinguished from each other, as much as the mincing Lady Prioress, and the broad-speaking gap-toothed Wife of Bath.
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes John Dryden 1665
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_ Chaucer makes another manner of apology for his broad-speaking, and Boccace makes the like; but I will follow neither of them.
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes John Dryden 1665
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"Kidman and Jackman are perfect together - Jackman's broad-speaking drover a perfect foil to Kidman's snooty English rose," a local critic said.
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( "the level ground of") Jebel Malíh ( "Mount Pleasant"?), which the broad-speaking Bedawin lengthen to Malayh.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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