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Significados de off-color em inglês

In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent.

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Humorously vulgar.

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Examples for "ribald"
Examples for "ribald"
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He seldom joined in the ribald but suppressed conversations of the men.
Jane Cable
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Then, above the ribald laughter of the crowd, the squeaking puppet sang:
The Mark of the Beast
3
They began chattering among themselves and sang in chorus a ribald doggerel:
Tales of the Wilderness
4
The ribald jest of the boy proves to be all too true.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
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He is the subject of a ribald chant from the Wednesday faithful.
The Guardian
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Such reticence must mean he's a bootlegger or bawdy house owner, Pemberton.
Serena
2
Check every bawdy house, bagnio, Blind Tiger, and frab-joint in the city.
The Demolished Man
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Many radio stations refused to play it because of its bawdy nature.
Reuters
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Foreplay is mandated or, to continue this bawdy strain, three-in-a-bed is compulsory.
The Guardian
5
Away in the distance, he heard voices raised in some bawdy song.
A Game of Thrones
Uso de off-color em inglês
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She learned to take a joke off-color and match it in shade.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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There were the occasional off-color asides he would offer at inopportune times.
The double bind
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My fellow passenger overlooked the remark, as if finding it slightly off-color.
The ministry of pain
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And he made an off-color joke that had the convention organizers wincing.
The Guardian
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I was stuck, an off-color thread weaved into the city's bland fabric.
Mysterious Skin
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More important, she understood him and even appreciated his off-color sense of humor.
The apostle
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Today I find only a single importation of the off-color sort:
The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
8
Further weighing on his standing, Weselsky has made some off-color comments in public.
Reuters
9
We like a bit of off-color fun once in a while.
Wired
10
Yeah, yeah, ex-wife and current squeeze both there, nothing too off-color.
End of Watch
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There's a telephone, and that's your protection if anything looks off-color.
Skyrider
12
Lewis has caused stirs in the past with off-color remarks.
Reuters
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He could almost hear his marksmanship instructor now, cackling off-color epithets in his honor.
While galileo preys
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One is reminded of an off-color story, and tells it.
The new yorker
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Only a scattering few that threw back to off-color shades.
The Settling of the Sage
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He stared at the off-color pictures of eggs and bacon, the smiley-face pancake meals.
Cold springs
Off-color ao longo do tempo