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bawdy

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  1. 1. a. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. humorously vulgar Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. lewd or obscene talk or writing Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. [Obs.] It [a garment] is al bawdy and to-tore also. Chaucer. 2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. "A bawdy story." Burke. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s. humorously vulgar Source: ecdict

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obsceneclothesdirtyfilthyfoulhumorouslysaidunchastevulgarburkechaucergarmentlewdObsstorytalkwriting

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bawdyhouse

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