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ˈblackguardry rare.
Also blackguardery U.S.
[see -ry.]
1. The community of blackguards; = blackguard n. 3.
1853Blackw. Mag. LXXIV. 669 The impertinent question at one time current amongst the blackguardry of London.
2. = blackguardism 1.
1881G. M. Hopkins Let. 14 May (1935) 129, I have in me a great vein of blackguardry and have long known I am no gentleman. 1883― Let. 14 Jan. (1956) 251 Blackguardry stamps my whole behaviour. 1936M. Mitchell Gone with Wind x. 202 The blackguardery of the Irish who were being enticed into the Yankee army by bounty money. |