'The
ribaldry of this miserable man is despicably disgusting,' said Pott, pretending to address Bob Sawyer, and scowling upon Slurk.
But these fellows having for the most part strong lungs, and being naturally fond of singing, chanted any
ribaldry or nonsense that occurred to them, feeling pretty certain that it would not be detected in the general chorus, and not caring much if it were.
Now, when any vicious simpleton excites my disgust by his paltry
ribaldry, I cannot flatter myself that I am better than he: I am forced to confess that he and I are on a level.
"The second point is: I hate
ribaldry and ribald talkers.
For five good minutes they stood there, shouting
ribaldry at him, deriding him, mocking him, jeering at him.
Even the
ribaldry of the low characters is different: the Reeve, the Miller, and the Cook are several men, and distinguished from each other as much as the mincing Lady- Prioress and the broad-speaking, gap-toothed Wife of Bath.
Feasting, drinking,
ribaldry, laughter, go on alongside of all sorts of other occupations in Vanity Fair--the crowds were pouring out of church as Rawdon and his friend passed down St.
Curious, however, after reading this announcement, to see what kind of morsels were so carefully preserved, I turned a few leaves, and found them scrawled all over with the vilest and the filthiest
ribaldry that ever human hogs delighted in.
While we were still lifting our thumbs up to this man, Lorreta Onochie, Buhari's aide, had dragged the hallowed discourse to the level of
ribaldry by equating Makinde's noble move with her principal's.
At the same time, Phallos, for all its
ribaldry and narrative play, is a significant addition to Delany's oeuvre.
Eight were in Flagstaff and 15 in Williams, which was noted "far and wide for its
ribaldry."
Nine months into his melodramatic governorship, he is already the butt of dry jokes and
ribaldry from exasperated Nairobians.