ˈbȯdrē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English bawderie, from bawde + -erie -ery
1. obsolete : the practice or business of a bawd
2. obsolete : illicit intercourse : unchastity
we must be married or we must live in bawdry — Shakespeare
3. : offensively suggestive, coarse, or obscene language : bawdiness
smoking-room bawdry