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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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But lilting Irish brogues and ebullient ribaldry are not enough to temper O'Casey's disgusted misanthropy.
So while North Berwick refracts a little of the capital's prim ambience, Dunoon has something of Glasgow's ribaldry.
Here come the tumbrils, inching their way slowly through the rotting cabbages and vulgar ribaldry of Republican isolationists.
The program, which was a send-up of panel shows, was noted for its word play, ribaldry, and plain silliness.
O'Riordan is credited with introducing a certain ribaldry to the notoriously humourless world of women's magazines.
The drunkenness, heated arguments and ribaldry of The County Election return in The Verdict of the People, which focuses on the counting of votes.

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