son of a whore

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son of a whore (plural sons of whores)

1. The son of unmarried parents, an illegitimate child, a bastard.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. (derogatory, slang) An objectionable person.
   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, page 77:

     Well, mon cher monsieur l'Anglais, may I inform you that you are the son of a whore?

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see son,‎ whore. (the son of a prostitute)

• bastard
• son of a bitch
• whoreson