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rude +‎ -sby (as in various names)

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rudesby (plural rudesbys or rudesbies)

  1. (archaic) A rude person
    • 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act IV, scene I:
      Will it be ever thus? Ungracious wretch, / Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves, / Where manners ne'er were preach'd! out of my sight! / Be not offended, dear Cesario. / Rudesby, be gone!

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