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The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.

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  1. n. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
  2. n. Illicit intercourse; fornication.
  3. n. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
  4. n. lewd or obscene talk or writing
  5. 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.
  6. n. lewd or obscene talk or writing