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What does ribaldry mean?

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Noun
  1. Joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd fashion.
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The program, which was a send-up of panel shows, was noted for its word play, ribaldry, and plain silliness.
So while North Berwick refracts a little of the capital's prim ambience, Dunoon has something of Glasgow's ribaldry.
While Faust and Mephisto partook of wild ribaldry and pleasurably summoned up wicked spirits with their sorcery, Gretchen was suffering scorn, ridicule, and imprisonment.
It dealt in private scandal and ribaldry, only the more piquant for its pretty flimsy veil of double-entendre.
The drunkenness, heated arguments and ribaldry of The County Election return in The Verdict of the People, which focuses on the counting of votes.
But lilting Irish brogues and ebullient ribaldry are not enough to temper O'Casey's disgusted misanthropy.

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