breedbate
Noun
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Noun
breedbate (plural breedbates)
- (obsolete) One who breeds or originates quarrels.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iv]:
- No telltale nor no breedbate.
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