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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

“Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.”

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bowdlerize

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈbaʊd.lə.ˌɹaɪz/

To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.

In a Sentence

“The bowdlerized version of the novel, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavor.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. bowdlerize
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Synonyms

expurgatebowdleriseshorten

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Related Words

vulgarizedevulgariseunvulgarizeunvulgarisesanitize

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