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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. [1913 Webster] 2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of the pit bawdry." --Steele. [1913 Webster]
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]