Adjective
a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children
a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired
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Adjective
But the film’s emotional heart is the burgeoning relationship between their young son (Alan Kim) and his bawdy grandmother (Yuh-Jung Youn), who comes to the U.S. to live with them.—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024 Bright and bawdy attire raises big bucks for the Costume Institute.—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 16 May 2024
Noun
That twisted inner world is beautifully realized in a shadowy mélange of fringe and ruffles by the designer Tom Scutt, whose bawdy, under-the-big-top scenic and costume design is a feat of textures and deep, muted colors.—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024 Lear and Yorkin brought Sanford and Son, based on another British series and starring bawdy Las Vegas stand-up Redd Foxx as a junkman, to NBC.—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bawdy
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