Bawdry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bawdry
    n 1: lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room
         bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"
         [syn: {bawdry}, {bawdy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bawdry \Bawd"ry\, n. [OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie,
   boldness, joy. See {Bawd}.]
   1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of
      lust.
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   2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. --Shak.
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   3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of
      the pit bawdry." --Steele.
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