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whore·son

(hôr′sən) Archaic
n.
A contemptible or detestable person.
adj.
Abominable; detestable.
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whoreson

(ˈhɔːsən)
n
1. a bastard
2. a scoundrel; wretch
adj
vile or hateful
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whore•son

(ˈhɔr sən, ˈhoʊr-; often ˈhʊər-)

n. Archaic.
1. a bastard.
2. wretch; scoundrel.
[1200–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:whoreson - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents]whoreson - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
offspring, progeny, issue - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"
2. whoreson - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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I encountered a chaplet or string of miserable and unfortunate people, and did for them what my sense of duty demands of me, and as for the rest be that as it may; and whoever takes objection to it, saving the sacred dignity of the senor licentiate and his honoured person, I say he knows little about chivalry and lies like a whoreson villain, and this I will give him to know to the fullest extent with my sword;" and so saying he settled himself in his stirrups and pressed down his morion; for the barber's basin, which according to him was Mambrino's helmet, he carried hanging at the saddle-bow until he could repair the damage done to it by the galley slaves.
O whoreson scoundrel, how ungrateful you are, you see yourself raised from the dust of the earth to be a titled lord, and the return you make for so great a benefit is to speak evil of her who has conferred it upon you!"
You whoreson conjuring scab, do you remember how you cozened me with a ho
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ESMOREIT Silence, whoreson, your crime Is even worse than any of that.
A goodly play about Esmoreit Of Sicily, the king's son, And a farce to follow thereafter
but she is a brave lass, and a right and stout one, and fit to be helpmate to any knight-errant that is or is to be, who may make her his lady: the whoreson wench, what pith she has and what a voice!
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The blue sky stretches out and every whoreson is a giggling minion though some further rhombus of peace may be offered us, the beauty of the ineluctable strains.
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