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(bô′drē)

noun

lewd language; bawdiness
Archaic the occupation of a bawd

Origin: ME & OFr bauderie, gaiety: see bawd

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noun

Risqué, coarse, or obscene language.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bawdery, pandering

Origin: , from bawd, bawd; see bawd

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