Found 2 items, similar to bawdry.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bawdry
bawdry
n : lewd or obscene talk or writing;
“it was smoking-room
bawdry”;
“they published a collection of Elizabethan
bawdy” [syn:
bawdy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bawdry
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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