2. Verb. (third-person singular of debauch) ¹
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Definition of Debauches
1. debauch [v] - See also: debauch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Debauches
Literary usage of Debauches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... that he should hang the picture of his grave and serious father in the room
where he was wont to celebrate his debauches ; imagining that the severe eye ..."
2. The Law of Marriage and Divorce, Giving the Law in All the States and by Frank H Keezer (1906)
"Periodical debauches. 131. Occasional intoxication. 125. Degree of drunkenness.
132. Knowledge of drunkenness at 126. Dipsomaniacs. 127. ..."
3. A Foreign View of England in the Reigns of George I. & George II.: The by César de Saussure (1902)
"... of London—Story of a beggar —Defects and good qualities of the English—Wine
debauches— Sally Salsbury—Englishmen swear—Wines given to servants. ..."
4. Smoking and Drinking by James Parton (1868)
"... and men who were subject only to semiannual debauches. He has had men
whose "tears" lasted but forty-eight hours, and one man who came in of his own ..."
5. On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland (1904)
"... debauches of Alexander the Great—The decay of Hamadan—The country between
Hamadan and Teheran—Execrable weather—Discomforts of travel—Reach Teheran. ..."
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