Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden.
Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.] He sups to-night with a harlotry. Shak.
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