bawdy = 'rowdily humorous; slapstick'

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:47 PM -0400 10/27/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Today at http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=133129&messages=7
>
>"I heard John Roberts & Tony Barrand sing a bawdy song about a rather
>spirited dinner party."
>
>None of the lyrics of the song are in the least bit "bawdy."

Well, that jar of Vaseline is somewhat suggestive...

LH

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