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Meanings of bawdry in English

Lewd or obscene talk or writing.

        Usage of bawdry in English
        1
        His interest lies in his anecdote, in his malevolent insinuation, in his bawdry.
        Youth and Egolatry
        2
        The bike is no more an incentive to bawdry than is a wheelbarrow.
        The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
        3
        He with the red hair is Guy Tabarie; they are sworn brothers in bawdry and larceny.
        If I Were King
        4
        He was able to do it by means of a third party who was first in the bawdry business.
        The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes: His Fortunes and Misfortunes as...
        5
        Thus, Brooks lumps 1601 with Mark Twain's "bawdry," and interprets it simply as another indication of frustration.
        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
        6
        Can an author with reason complain that he is cramped and shackled, if he is not at liberty to publish blasphemy, bawdry, or sedition?
        Letters to His Son, 1749 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of ...
        7
        Nothing agrees so naturally with his fancy as bawdry, which he dispenses in small pittances to continue his reader still in an appetite for more.
        Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
        8
        "HE'S FOR A JIG or a tale of bawdry, or he sleeps."
        Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observ...
        Frequent collocations
        Bawdry through the time