Meaning of mixed company | Babel Free

Definitions

Men and women, both present at a gathering.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"Imagine⟳ my one attempt⟳ at rational conversation last⟳ night. Asking his views on female emigration . . . ." "Perhaps the bearings of the question⟳ would hardly suit⟳ mixed company."”

“"Took 'er home all right, did yuh?" he leered, as if they two were in possession of a huge joke of the kind which may not be told in mixed company.”

“Travel⟳ is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit⟳ together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like⟳, who, as long as they have⟳ a travel⟳ ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors.”

“"Fifteen or 20 years ago, you couldn't even mention⟳ the word prostate in polite mixed company."”

“Only a Cancer female can describe⟳ in mixed company a night spent with a lover and a double-sided dildo without a sniff of shame or irony.”

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