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bawdry
[ baw-dree ]
noun
- Archaic. lewdness; obscenity; bawdiness.
- Obsolete.
- the business of a prostitute.
- illicit intercourse; fornication.
bawdry
/ ˈbɔːdrɪ /
noun
- archaic.obscene talk or language
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Thus, Brooks lumps 1601 with Mark Twain's "bawdry," and interprets it simply as another indication of frustration.
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Well, I like a little innocent mirth myself, but never could endure bawdry.
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This will prove rare sport, to see how the poet's genius will grapple with this bawdry!
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It is also noteworthy that, for the period, the bawdry is "cut" to the lowest limit.
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He was primed with the letter-accounts; he made her dot her amorous I's and cross her bawdry T's.
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