What is the meaning of bawdy?

noun

  • Lewd or obscene talk or writing.
    • usage: "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"

adjective

  • Humorously vulgar.
    • usage: "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"
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