bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister
(noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bastardy (countable and uncountable, plural bastardies)
(legal) The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman or as the fruit of adultery.
Source: Wiktionary
Bas"tar*dy, n.
1. The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
2. The procreation of a bastard child. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 December 2024
(verb) attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; “civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country’s surrender”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
