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Meanings of prude in English

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pudico
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A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.

        pudico
        Usage of prude in English
        1
        Although I was no prude, I recoiled from the thought of it.
        The Law and the Lady
        2
        The whole time he'd thought she was a prude, she wrote porn.
        See Jane Score
        3
        But you will seek in her a mistress, and find a prude.
        The Works of Frederick Schiller
        4
        The little prude's son is fair; so was his father-fairand stupid.
        The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
        5
        But even the English teacher-whowas a prude-neverscolded her for it.
        Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box
        6
        Only some horrid old Victorian prude could possibly take exception to it.
        Bat Wing
        7
        And I-well ,atheart I fancy I must be rather a prude.
        The Obstacle Race
        8
        I will not have you shrink, or frown, or make the prude.
        Villette
        9
        She felt such a leaning towards immodesty that she was a prude.
        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
        10
        I'll take an honest whore over a lying prude every single time.
        Assholes finish first
        11
        Ah, you are such a prude-somethodistical-youmake no allowance for circumstances!
        Roughing It in the Bush
        12
        A female rake; but with the air of a very prude.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 / A Magazine...
        13
        And apparently the girl was far from being a prude or a snob.
        A Soldier of the Legion
        14
        If he didn't go along with her suggestion, he'd look like a prude.
        A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
        15
        Don't tell me you're going to be a prude about this.
        Gentlemen prefer succubi
        16
        I am no prude, but I draw the line at thieves.
        A Sweet Girl Graduate
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        pudico
        Prude through the time
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