(n.) The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
(n.) Illicit intercourse; fornication.
(n.) Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
Example Sentences:
(1) But one has a right to demand what purpose it fulfils," wrote the Times's critic, who felt that Bond's "blockishly naturalistic piece, full of dead domestic longueurs and slavishly literal bawdry", would "supply valuable ammunition to those who attack modern drama as half-baked, gratuitously violent and squalid".
(2) They despised Bond's characters, his "slavishly literal bawdry", the lack of artistry in his writing.