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bawdries

bawdries is the plural of bawdry.

Meaning of bawdry

Noun

bawdry (countable and uncountable, plural bawdries)

  1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
  2. Illicit intercourse; fornication.
  3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
    • [T]he Converſation (if it may be called ſo) was ſeldom ſuch as could entertain a Lady. It conſiſted chiefly of Hollowing, Singing, Relations of ſporting Adventures, B—d—y, and Abuſe of Women and of the Government.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter IV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 26

Questions about bawdries

What is bawdries the plural of?
Bawdries is the plural of bawdry.

Words near bawdries in the dictionary

  1. bawdkins
  2. bawdric
  3. bawdrick
  4. bawdricks
  5. bawdrics
  6. bawdries
  7. bawdrons
  8. bawdry
  9. bawds
  10. bawdship
  11. bawdships

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