bawdries

Definition of bawdriesnext
plural of bawdry

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Noun
  • While the council remained inside to finish the meeting, including approving a local emergency declaration, police were outside where a small mob gathered, yelling obscenities at the officers.
    Victoria Le, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • Officers, often summoned by principals or teacers, escalated some situations by shouting obscenities or insults.
    Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Liveried guards greet you at the grand entrance and breeze through ‘hello’ in any number of languages.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • In the video, the man can be heard screaming profanities while holding a baseball bat outside the window before getting out of the car and approaching the couple.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • At one point, a man appears to emerge from the home and yell profanities in Spanish in the direction of the dump truck.
    Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And the Panthers’ fourth-year quarterback let loose with a couple of expletives that grabbed everyone’s attention, including media members standing nearby.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • This car will induce whiplash in the unprepared and expletives from those who have been forewarned.
    Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
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“Bawdries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawdries. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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