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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 writingplay

  Familiarity information: BAWDRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAWDRY (noun)


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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