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bawdry

/baw-dree/US // ˈbɔ dri //UK // (ˈbɔːdrɪ) //

淫荡的,淫秽的,淫荡,淫秽

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. lewdness; obscenity; bawdiness.
    • : Obsolete. the business of a prostitute.illicit intercourse; fornication.

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Examples

  • Thus, Brooks lumps 1601 with Mark Twain's "bawdry," and interprets it simply as another indication of frustration.

  • Well, I like a little innocent mirth myself, but never could endure bawdry.

  • This will prove rare sport, to see how the poet's genius will grapple with this bawdry!

  • It is also noteworthy that, for the period, the bawdry is "cut" to the lowest limit.

  • He was primed with the letter-accounts; he made her dot her amorous I's and cross her bawdry T's.