To call a person names. To blackguard a person by calling him
nicknames.
of the Puritans.
Praise-God Barebones. A leather-seller in Fleet Street.
If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned
Barebones. His son; usually called Damned Dr. Barebones.
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