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  • noun Plural form of prude.

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Examples

  • Likewise, women who "hold out" for marriage are called "prudes" and worse.

    Latest Articles Townhall.com 2010

  • Yeah, I'm mostly just playing devil's advocate here - I agree that people who would be considered by some to be "prudes" probably do pay a disproportionate share of the taxes.

    The Scratching Post 2009

  • ( "Call me a prude? maybe ... but then, if there were more" prudes "we would not be in this mess now.)

    Latest Articles The Truth About Cars 2010

  • ( "Call me a prude? maybe ... but then, if there were more" prudes "we would not be in this mess now.)

    Latest Articles 2010

  • ( "Call me a prude? maybe ... but then, if there were more" prudes "we would not be in this mess now.)

    Latest Articles 2010

  • ( "Call me a prude? maybe ... but then, if there were more" prudes "we would not be in this mess now.)

    Latest Articles The Truth About Cars 2010

  • We have highlighted the linkages between sexual norms and religious affiliations, deriving from the cultural revolution of the Sixties and its complicated aftermath in which libertines and prudes seem to have provoked an increasing polarization along the religious spectrum.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Now, we're no prudes here at the Watercooler, but there are some things we just can not discuss in an open forum.

    Watercooler: Are You in League With FX's Raunch-Com? 2011

  • I expressed a hope — make that belief — that libertarians and liberals (natural allies, as is so often the circumstance) will eventually wrestle freedom-disdaining conservative prudes into submission and dismantle the War on Drugs.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010

  • Arthur Kirkland: I expressed a hope — make that belief — that libertarians and liberals (natural allies, as is so often the circumstance) will eventually wrestle freedom-disdaining conservative prudes into submission and dismantle the War on Drugs.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010

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