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Meanings of bawdy in English
Synonyms
Examples for "ribald"
Examples for "ribald"
1
He seldom joined in the ribald but suppressed conversations of the men.
2
Then, above the ribald laughter of the crowd, the squeaking puppet sang:
3
They began chattering among themselves and sang in chorus a ribald doggerel:
4
The ribald jest of the boy proves to be all too true.
5
He is the subject of a ribald chant from the Wednesday faithful.
1
She learned to take a joke off-color and match it in shade.
2
There were the occasional off-color asides he would offer at inopportune times.
3
My fellow passenger overlooked the remark, as if finding it slightly off-color.
4
And he made an off-color joke that had the convention organizers wincing.
5
I was stuck, an off-color thread weaved into the city's bland fabric.
Usage of bawdy in English
1
Such reticence must mean he's a bootlegger or bawdy house owner, Pemberton.
2
Check every bawdy house, bagnio, Blind Tiger, and frab-joint in the city.
3
Many radio stations refused to play it because of its bawdy nature.
4
Foreplay is mandated or, to continue this bawdy strain, three-in-a-bed is compulsory.
5
Away in the distance, he heard voices raised in some bawdy song.
6
They and Edo try to offend Elizabeth with bawdy songs and stories.
7
He stood, whistling a jaunty melody, some bawdy tune he'd once heard.
8
One or two bawdy remarks, which she ignored, were hurled at her.
9
It had been a theatre, hosting bawdy comedies for the artisan classes.
10
Soon the crowd was singing bawdy folk songs and old commercial jingles.
11
Most of the pieces were equally bawdy, and a few were worse.
12
Some bawdy fool of a labourer whistles and someone else cuffs him.
13
She's another artists' model, and I daresay it's a bawdy house.
14
Didn't make for the type of bawdy revelry among men Omad so enjoyed.
15
The bawdy gives way to the supernatural in these stories, however.
16
It's music brimful of sunshine and bawdy sensuality: a sparkling original.
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Bawdy through the time
Bawdy across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common