BAWDRY
bawdry, bawdy
(noun) lewd or obscene talk or writing; “it was smoking-room bawdry”; “they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
bawdry (countable and uncountable, plural bawdries)
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
Illicit intercourse; fornication.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
Source: Wiktionary
Bawd"ry, n. Etym: [OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie, boldness, joy. See Bawd.]
1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. Shak.
3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of the pit bawdry." Steele.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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