Bastardship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of a bastard; bastardness rare, uncountable

    "About 40 years later in a drunken Dell Night moment at the Oak Inn, Tuck let the cat out of the bag, and told Junior of his bastardship, saying, “We really got married in December, not September."

  2. 2
    used as a title or form of address derogatory, humorous, mildly, uncountable

    "“Happy New Year, your bastardship!”"

Example

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"About 40 years later in a drunken Dell Night moment at the Oak Inn, Tuck let the cat out of the bag, and told Junior of his bastardship, saying, “We really got married in December, not September."

Etymology

From bastard + -ship.

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