Usually means: Edit or censor for propriety.
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  6. Bowdler: Rhymezone
  7. bowdler: FreeDictionary.org
  8. bowdler: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. Bowdler: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Bowdler: Wiktionary

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  1. BOWDLER, BOWDLER, BOWDLER: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. bowdler: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
Bowditch, Bowlds, Bowden, Bowdish, Bowsher, Bowring, Bowtell, Bowdoin, Bowes, Bowles, more...

Opposite:
unabridged, uncensored, unexpurgated

Phrases:
Thomas Bowdler, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, more...

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Similar:
Bowditch, Bowlds, Bowden, Bowdish, Bowsher, Bowring, Bowtell, Bowdoin, Bowes, Bowles, more...

Opposite:
unabridged, uncensored, unexpurgated

Phrases:
Thomas Bowdler, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, more...



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