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Bachelordom Badness (See EVIL.) bachelor’s button celibacy symbol. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 171] bachelor U.S. marshal fights for law and order in Old West. [TV: “Gunsmoke” in Terrace, I, 331–332] symbol of unmarried scholar; whence, baccalaureate. [Flower Symbolism: Emboden, 25] bachelor lawyer. [TV: Terrace, II, 199] bachelor doctor stars in comic strip. [Comics: “Rex Morgan, M . D.” in Horn, 580–581] pair of bachelors living the good life in New York. [Am. Lit. and TV: Terrace, II, 160–161] eminently “available” uncle of Joe Gargery. [Br. Lit.: Great Expectations] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Occasionally a matrimonial epidemic appears, especially toward spring, devastating society, thinning the ranks of bachelordom, and leaving mothers lamenting for their fairest daughters. |
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