bawdry

== English == === Alternative forms === baw'ry (obsolete) === Noun === bawdry (countable and uncountable, plural bawdries) The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust. Illicit intercourse; fornication. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. === References === “bawdry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.