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unˈprintable, a. and n.
[un-1 7 b, 12.]
1. adj. Not fit to be printed. (Common c 1893–.)
1871St. Paul's Mag. Aug. 457 Articles that were utterly unprintable. 1898Punch 9 July 10/1 What the groom says is unprintable!
2. n. pl. Trousers; = unmentionable n.
1860W. W. Reade Liberty Hall I. iii. 32 Arrayed in black coat, tie, studs, waistcoat, unprintables.
Hence unˈprintably adv.
1934Webster, Unprintably. 1940E. Hemingway For whom Bell Tolls iii. 44 Go then unprintably to the campfire with thy obscene dynamite. 1965D. Francis Odds Against xi. 153 Jones-boy unprintably told Chico where he could find his coffee. 1977Gay News 7–20 Apr. 23/2 It's infuriating trying to write about Anger because so much is unprintably scandalous. |