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Comstock

coms·tock

US/ˈkɑˌmstɑk/ uncommon

noun

1.

United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)

Origin

The noun sense is from Anthony Comstock (and the Comstock laws which he propagated). From combe (“valley”) + Old English stoc (“dwelling”).

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