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Meanings of off-color in English
In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent.
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Examples for "ribald"
Examples for "ribald"
1
He seldom joined in the ribald but suppressed conversations of the men.
2
Then, above the ribald laughter of the crowd, the squeaking puppet sang:
3
They began chattering among themselves and sang in chorus a ribald doggerel:
4
The ribald jest of the boy proves to be all too true.
5
He is the subject of a ribald chant from the Wednesday faithful.
1
Such reticence must mean he's a bootlegger or bawdy house owner, Pemberton.
2
Check every bawdy house, bagnio, Blind Tiger, and frab-joint in the city.
3
Many radio stations refused to play it because of its bawdy nature.
4
Foreplay is mandated or, to continue this bawdy strain, three-in-a-bed is compulsory.
5
Away in the distance, he heard voices raised in some bawdy song.
Usage of off-color in English
1
She learned to take a joke off-color and match it in shade.
2
There were the occasional off-color asides he would offer at inopportune times.
3
My fellow passenger overlooked the remark, as if finding it slightly off-color.
4
And he made an off-color joke that had the convention organizers wincing.
5
I was stuck, an off-color thread weaved into the city's bland fabric.
6
More important, she understood him and even appreciated his off-color sense of humor.
7
Today I find only a single importation of the off-color sort:
8
Further weighing on his standing, Weselsky has made some off-color comments in public.
9
We like a bit of off-color fun once in a while.
10
Yeah, yeah, ex-wife and current squeeze both there, nothing too off-color.
11
There's a telephone, and that's your protection if anything looks off-color.
12
Lewis has caused stirs in the past with off-color remarks.
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He could almost hear his marksmanship instructor now, cackling off-color epithets in his honor.
14
One is reminded of an off-color story, and tells it.
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Only a scattering few that threw back to off-color shades.
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He stared at the off-color pictures of eggs and bacon, the smiley-face pancake meals.