What is obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of the pit bawdry." Steele called?
bawdry — Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of the pit bawdry." Steele. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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