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Quality or state of being vulgar or smutty; Quality or state of being crude, earthy, or obscene; Also: Quality or state of being dirty, slovenly, or grubby.

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  • (And I am also pleased as punch at how close my guess was, although it was sadly lacking in raunchiness.)
  • The question there has to do with its raunchiness.
  • Hide the raunchiness, do not put it on a Billboard.
  • So tackiness approaches raunchiness only at a distance.
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