euphemism
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Why did we collectively fail to follow up the 1997 Dispatches report into Barry Bennell by Deborah Davies, a clearly highly committed woman dismissed by those so often euphemised as proper “football men”?
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2016
I have christened the anonymous midwife and euphemised her profession.
From English Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph
I have changed "dog and bitch" of original to "dog and cat," and euphemised the liver and lights.
From More English Fairy Tales by Batten, John Dickson
But Chambers's first variant of Rashie Coat begins with the Catskin formula in a euphemised form.
From More English Fairy Tales by Batten, John Dickson
Vocabulary lists containing euphemism
The Great Gatsby
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Rhetoric
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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