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1bawdy — late 14c., soiled, dirty, filthy. Meaning lewd is from 1510s, from BAWD (Cf. bawd) (q.v.), with sense of pertaining to, or befitting a bawd; usually of language (originally to talk bawdy). Bawdy Basket, the twenty third rank of canters, who carry …
2bawdy — bawdily, adv. bawdiness, n. /baw dee/, adj., bawdier, bawdiest, n. adj. 1. indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories. n. 2. coarse or indecent talk or writing; bawdry; bawdiness: a collection of Elizabethan bawdy. [1505 15; BAWD + Y1] …
3bawdy — adj. & n. adj. (bawdier, bawdiest) humorously indecent. n. bawdy talk or writing. Phrases and idioms: bawdy house a brothel. Derivatives: bawdily adv. bawdiness n. Etymology: BAWD + Y(1) …
4bawdy — adjective (bawdier, bawdiest) humorously indecent. noun humorously indecent talk or writing. Derivatives bawdily adverb bawdiness noun …
5bawdy — bawd•y [[t]ˈbɔ di[/t]] adj. bawd•i•er, bawd•i•est, n. 1) indecent; lewd; obscene 2) coarse or obscene talk or writing • Etymology: 1505–15 bawd′i•ly, adv. bawd′i•ness, n …
6Evil — For other uses, see Evil (disambiguation). Badness redirects here. For the 1981 jazz fusion album, see Badness (album). For the singer nicknamed His Royal Badness, see Prince (musician). See also: Good and evil …
7bawd — n. procuress. ♦ bawdry, n. obscene talk. ♦ bawdy, a. obscene …
8literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
9Oscar Brand discography — Oscar Brand is a folk singer, songwriter, and author. He has released nearly 100 albums and composed hundreds of songs, among them Canadian patriotic songs, songs of the U.S. Armed Forces, sea shanties, presidential campaign songs over the years …
10Gay bathhouse — Gay bathhouses, also known as gay saunas or steam baths (and sometimes called, in gay slang in some regions, the baths or the tubs ), are places where men can go to have sex with other men. Not all men who visit such bathhouses consider… …