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Webster 1913 Edition

Bawdry

Bawd′ry

,
Noun.
[OE.
baudery
, OF.
bauderie
,
balderie
, boldness, joy. See
Bawd
.]
1.
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
2.
Illicit intercourse; fornication.
Shak.
3.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
“The pert style of the pit bawdry.”
Steele.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bawdry

BAWD'RY

,
Noun.
[See Bawd.] The abominable practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
1.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.

Definition 2024

bawdry

bawdry

English

Noun

bawdry ‎(countable and uncountable, plural bawdries)

  1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
  2. Illicit intercourse; fornication.
  3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter iv
      […] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.

References

  • bawdry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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