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Bawd vs Baww - What's the difference?

bawd | baww |

As verbs the difference between bawd and baww

is that bawd is to procure women for lewd purposes while baww is {{cx|internet slang|derogatory|lang=en}} To whine; to complain miserably.

As a noun bawd

is a person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame.

As an adjective bawd

is joyous; riotously gay.

bawd

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame.
  • *1717 , Ned Ward, :
  • *:As Whores decay'd and past their Labours, / Turn Bawds , and so assist their Neighbours.
  • *2012 , Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex , Penguin 2013, p. 76:
  • *:Compared with their opponents, bawds and their associates increasingly had deeper pockets and greater confidence in manipulating the law.
  • A lewd person.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Joyous; riotously gay.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To procure women for lewd purposes.
    • ----

    baww

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To whine; to complain miserably.

    • References

    * Usenet newsgroups: [https://groups.google.com/forum/
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