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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. lewd or obscene talk or writing;
- Example: "it was smoking-room bawdry"
- Example: "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"
[syn: bawdry, bawdy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bawdry \Bawd"ry\, n. [OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie,
   boldness, joy. See Bawd.]
   1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of
      lust.
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   2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. --Shak.
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   3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of
      the pit bawdry." --Steele.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bawdry
    n 1: lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room
         bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"
         [syn: bawdry, bawdy]