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bawdy

[baw-dee] / ˈbɔ di /


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Will Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Pulitzer-winning “Purpose” win best play over comedian Cole Escola’s bawdy “Oh, Mary!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

A Sunday People poll of 600 viewers showed 56% of respondents didn't like the first episode, with complaints over "coarse" and "bawdy" dialogue.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

The best thing about “Players” is the cadence and camaraderie of the leads, whose jokes come fast and bawdy and feel authentic to a gang of people who’ve known each other far too long.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2024

With roles in everything from bawdy and brutal live-action teen comedy to animated film to kitchen-based dramedy, Edebiri landed a spot as one of The Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of 2023.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

During the 1920’s, according to the history the War kids recounted from their parents, War was a wild, bawdy place of dance halls and gambling houses.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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