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| son of a bitch |
| 1. n. (pejorative, slang) An objectionable, despicable person. |
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| “My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son of a bitch.” — attributed to various people, such as Jack Nicholson and Richard Jeni |
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| 2. n. (pejorative, slang) Any objectionable thing. |
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| "This son of a bitch won’t move!" Marty exclaimed as he grappled with the supermarket cart. |
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| 3. interj. (slang) Used to express anger, contempt, astonishment, disappointment etc. |
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| son |
| 1. n. One's male offspring. |
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| Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter.". |
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| 2. n. A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents. |
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| 3. n. A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person. |
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| 4. n. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence. |
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| of |
| 1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. |
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| 2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". |
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| 3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). |
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| 4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). |
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| There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. |
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| a |
| 1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. |
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| There was a man here looking for you yesterday. |
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| 2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. |
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| I've seen it happen a hundred times. |
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| 3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) |
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| bitch |
| 1. n. (dated, or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. |
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| My bitch just had puppies; they're so cute! |
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| 2. n. (archaic, offensive) A promiscuous woman, slut, whore.Geoffrey Hughes, Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, Profanity, Foul Language, and Ethnic Slurs in the English-Speaking World |
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| 3. n. (vulgar, offensive) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman or man considered effeminate in some way. |
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| Ann gossiped about me and mocked my work; sometimes she can be a real bitch! |
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