Sentence examples for bawdy jokes from inspiring English sources

'bawdy jokes' is correct and usable in written English
It is usually used in informal contexts, and can refer to jokes or stories that are risqué or sexually themed (i.e. inappropriate for children). For example: "We were having a great time at the party, telling bawdy jokes and sharing funny memories."

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She and Doll could be any modern-day bad girls, getting wasted and cracking bawdy jokes.

Claude Harmon, the 1948 champion, would always call on Snead to close the dinner with a string of bawdy jokes.

More salesman than statesman, Berlusconi was forever telling bawdy jokes and bragging about his sexual prowess.

Winkler has a fine ear for patois and dialogue, and a love of language that makes bawdy jokes crackle.

At some hearings, as judges looked on, lawyers chatted on cellphones, cracked bawdy jokes or read newspapers during testimony.

The result is a self-referential collage encompassing both sociopolitical polemic and lighter fare, such as a memorable thread of bawdy jokes.

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An elegant, charming and witty lady, she loved to tell a good joke, hear a not too bawdy joke, and be in the company of her family and friends.

Free from his usual people and settings, Orozco shows off the versatility of his skills, particularly in one bravura scene in which the telling of a bawdy joke is intertwined with the increasingly vile behavior of the comandantes enjoying it.

People were drawn to him before he even opened his mouth, often to tell a bawdy joke or display his distinctive vocabulary ("Great lair!" he would say to a host).

She said she would "rather die than work in Vegas" and in another bawdy joke asked the crowd to guess the punchline to her joke: "What's the difference between a car tyre and 365 used condoms?", wiping a $100 note between her legs and offering it as a prize.

Then stories circulated claiming the phrase owed its origins to a bawdy joke, which Mr Berlusconi claimed was one of his favourites.

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