It was smoking-room bawdry. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Thus, Brooks lumps 1601 with Mark Twain's "bawdry," and interprets it simply as another indication of frustration. From Wordnik.com. [1601] Reference
Provided, quoth Yorick, there is no bawdry in it. —. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman] Reference
He omitted a good deal of bawdry, especially in Act II, scene ii. From Wordnik.com. [The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold] Reference
Roger Ascham accused Malory of offering "open manslaughter and bold bawdry.". From Wordnik.com. [Kicking the Hobbit] Reference
(Soundbite of music) BARENAKED LADIES: (Singing) Come, sweet Audrey, we must be married or we must live in bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [Barenaked Ladies Meet Shakespeare] Reference
Ephraim John Burford, 'born and educated in the City of London,' is 'currently preparing a book on the rise of organized bawdry in London.'. From Wordnik.com. [A Feelthy Penguin] Reference
The bike is no more an incentive to bawdry than is a wheelbarrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1.] Reference
Prithee, say on: he s for a jig or a tale of bawdry, or he sleeps. From Wordnik.com. [Act II. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark] Reference
Prithee, say on; hes for a jig47 or a tale of bawdry, or he sleeps. From Wordnik.com. [Act II. Scene II] Reference
Well, I like a little innocent mirth myself, but never could endure bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays] Reference
He's for a jig or a tale of bawdry, or he sleeps: -- say on; come to Hecuba. From Wordnik.com. [Hamlet] Reference
A wretch whom old dileafes did fo bite, T That he writ bawdry fure in ipite. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
World strength and splendour, loathsome by night in its hot, illumined bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [Europe After 8:15] Reference
His interest lies in his anecdote, in his malevolent insinuation, in his bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [Youth and Egolatry] Reference
He with the red hair is Guy Tabarie; they are sworn brothers in bawdry and larceny. From Wordnik.com. [If I Were King] Reference
Prithee, say on: he's for a jig or a tale of bawdry, or he sleeps: say on: come to Hecuba. From Wordnik.com. [Hamlet, Prince of Denmark] Reference
There is more bawdry in one play of Fletcher's, called "The Custom of the Country," than in all ours together. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes] Reference
There seems to be a notion that “bold bawdry and open manslaughter,” as Roger Ascham said, are the staple of. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Tennyson] Reference
And to all bawdry ever agreeable. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
But then wrought I my craft of bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
He rides unto the house of bawdry too. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
Of bawdry brings the blushes in her face. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Chiefly from Manuscript] Reference
Nothing but for lucre is all their bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
That some bawdry might now within be found. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2] Reference
In bawdry gauze, for which our daughters leave. From Wordnik.com. [Poetical Works] Reference
We must be married, or we must live in bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [As You Like It] Reference
I trust flattery shall speed as well as bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
Their bawdry, their subtlety, and fresh attiring!. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
'Tis now no jest to hear young girls talk bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07] Reference
At open ftiUbme bawdry they rejoice. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the English Poets] Reference
Some bost them of bawdry ferynge of no shame. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship of Fools, Volume 1] Reference
Sculduddry, bawdry. From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
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