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    [Noun]  | "Com*stock*ery" | \ ˈkäm-ˌstä-kə-rē \


    1: strict censorship of materials considered obscene

    2: censorious opposition to alleged immorality (as in literature)


    Origin: 1905 ;

     Anthony Comstock + English -ery;

    [Noun]  | "Comstockery" 


    1: as in priggishness, priggery;




     [ "comstockery" ]

    1: of or relating to the failed mining corporation Comstock Load

      * e.g.,  ... "Due to Sam's comstockery at the stock exchange, we are now in severe debt." 

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