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Bawdy

Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Filth 76% connected

Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Obscenity 76% connected

That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; le…

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Smut 76% connected

Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

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Vulgarism 76% connected

Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.

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Obscenity 74% connected

That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; le…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Obscenity 74% connected

That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; le…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Prostitute 74% connected

To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Prostitute 74% connected

To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.

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Bawdry 92% connected

The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ribald 92% connected

A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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