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Bawdry - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Bawdry' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bawdry [ n.]
- The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
- Illicit intercourse; fornication.
- Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.

Meaning of 'Bawdry' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bawdry [ n]
Meaning (1):
- lewd or obscene talk or writing
Example in sentence:
  • it was smoking-room bawdry;
  • they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy

Nearby Words:

bawbee bawble bawbling bawcock bawd bawdily bawdiness bawdrick bawdy bawdyhouse

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