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Bawdry

Bawdry Meaning & Definition
Bawdry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bawdry?

[n] lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bawdry: bawdy

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See Also | obscenity | vulgarism

Bawdry In Webster's Dictionary

\Bawd"ry\, n. [OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie, boldness, joy. See {Bawd}.] 1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust. 2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. --Shak. 3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. ``The pert style of the pit bawdry.'' --Steele.

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