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   Bawdry , n. [OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie, boldness, joy. See Bawd.]
   The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
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   Illicit intercourse; fornication.
   Shak.
   
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   Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. “The pert style of the pit bawdry.”  
   Steele.
   
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