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bawdy

UK/ˈbɔːdi/ US/ˈbɔ.di/ rare

adjective

1.

humorously vulgar

  • “bawdy songs”
  • “off-color jokes”
  • “ribald language”
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noun

1.

lewd or obscene talk or writing

  • “it was smoking-room bawdry”
  • “they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy”
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Origin

From bawd + -y.

Phrases

  • bawdy basket

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