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BAWDRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bawdry mean?
• BAWDRY (noun)
The noun BAWDRY has 1 sense:
1. lewd or obscene talk or writing
Familiarity information: BAWDRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lewd or obscene talk or writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bawdry; bawdy
Context example:
they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy
Hypernyms ("bawdry" is a kind of...):
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
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