bawdries

plural of bawdry

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Noun
  • Was it manager Ruud van Nistelrooy mouthing obscenities at his players (and apologies to the lipreaders among you for the gif at the top of today’s TAFC)?
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Yet the movie also contains, by my count, more than a dozen significant obscenities, as well as enough death to scar the Bluey crowd for life.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • With that being said, many agencies offer translations of their communications in various languages, particularly those spoken by large shares of the population, such as Spanish.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The Christ Cathedral had several Mass services planned in multiple languages throughout the day.
    Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Bawdries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawdries. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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