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Definition
showing no respect for something thought of as sacred
- Some stores which had nothing to gain from the children neither locked them out nor gave them anything save a profane lecture on the evils of begging.Chapter 26 (31% in)
- " "O, for sweet Christ's sake," she said, not profanely but prayerfully, "let somebody win something just once!"Chapter 56 (18% in)
There are no more uses of "profane" in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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