What does bawdry mean?
Bawdry means The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust..
[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.
Let realism have its demonstration, comedy its criticism, or even bawdry its horselaugh at the expense of sexual infatuation, if it must; but to ask us to subject our souls to its ruinous glamour, to worship it, deify it, and imply that it alone makes our life worth living, is nothing but folly gone mad erotically—a thing compared to which Falstaff's unbeglamored drinking and drabbing is respectable and rightminded.
Use bawdry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bawdry means The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust..
Common synonyms include bawdy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[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.
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