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deflower
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
deflower
(verb)
deflower
/di
ˈ
flawɚ/
verb
deflowers
;
deflowered
;
deflowering
deflower
/di
ˈ
flawɚ/
verb
deflowers
;
deflowered
;
deflowering
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEFLOWER
[
+ object
]
literary
:
to have sex with (someone who has not had sex before)
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