| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bawdry |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bawd·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: | bô dr |
| NOUN: | Risqué, coarse, or obscene language. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bawdery, pandering, from bawd, bawd. See bawd.
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