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And Wareham very properly added that a solicitor was, in a measure, a<br />

confessor bound to observe professional secrecy. — With Zola in England;<br />

• (petitioner)- something that is sought by request or entreaty, ( ,<br />

);<br />

• (suppliant)- a person who supplicates; petitioner, ( , ,<br />

); There are promises for the suppliant, promises for the troubled,<br />

promises for mortals. — Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms;<br />

• (supplicate)- to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or<br />

petition, ( / ; / -<br />

); Yet I will never supplicate -- not meanly supplicate -- for an alms. —<br />

Jane Talbot;<br />

• (invocation)- the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for<br />

aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication, ( ; ;<br />

); Lord Cromer felt, and felt rightly, that this invocation was his<br />

best epitaph. — The Adventure of Living;<br />

bawdy = bawdry = off-color = ribald ~ scurrilous ~ vulgar = uncouth = coarse ~<br />

indecent ~ obscene<br />

• (bawdy)- indecent; lewd; obscene, ( ; ); In the early twentieth<br />

century, it was common for towns and geographical features to have<br />

salacious, bawdy, and even derogatory names. — The Chicago Blog;<br />

• (bawdry)- lewdness; obscenity; bawdiness; His interest lies in his anecdote,<br />

in his malevolent insinuation, in his bawdry. — Youth and Egolatry;<br />

• (ribald)- vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking,<br />

abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous, ( ; );<br />

We must do our best to be frivolous and ribald, and supply a proper<br />

foreground. — The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X);<br />

• (scurrilous)- grossly or obscenely abusive, ( ;<br />

); After all, scurrilous denunciation never affected me. — The<br />

Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent;<br />

• (vulgar)- crudely indecent; Another thing I observed about the boy was that<br />

I never heard him use an oath or a vulgar, coarse expression. — Reminiscences<br />

of a Pioneer;<br />

• (uncouth)- awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly, ( ; ; ;<br />

; ; ); His appearance was less uncouth, his hair and beard<br />

a shade less hay-fieldy. — The Extra Day;<br />

• (coarse)- vulgar; obscene; crude, ( ; ); The work is

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