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bint
[ bint ]
noun
, British Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
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Sensitive Note
This British term is used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting. It was originally British military slang, later adopted by Allied servicemen during both world wars.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bint1
1850–55; < Arabic: girl, daughter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bint1
C19: from Arabic, literally: daughter
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Example Sentences
Her name is Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, and she was until recently the wife of the emir of Qatar.
From The Daily Beast
The English Gipsy calls a mermaid a pintni; in Hindu it is bint ool buhr, a maid of the sea.
From Project Gutenberg
Few damsels of twelve years old, generally a very pretty age, were less pretty than Hannah Bint.
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In short, during the five years that she has ruled at the Shaw cottage, the world has gone well with Hannah Bint.
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Sure there was a slatherin' lot of lads bint on some joke, an' I didn't interfere wid 'em, knowin' they was up t' no harm.
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Few damsels of twelve years old, generally a very pretty age, were less pretty that Hannah Bint.
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