As soon as he could talk, he offered me a bawdy tale about two girls he had met last night returning from the rites.

When he approached camp-fires, bawdy tales would die in an instant and the tellers would look away embarrassed.

Women are not supposed to stop and listen to wild or bawdy tales.

So we laughed, and shared the last of our wine, and fell to telling bawdy tales and then to sleep.

A bard was singing a bawdy tale about a princess masquerading as a serving wench.

As Turlang led the small company deeper into the village, they heard a male voice singing a bawdy tale of one-night love.

Dioneo narrates what is by far the most obscene and bawdy tale in the Decameron.

As is custom among the ten storytellers, Dioneo tells the last and most bawdy tale of the day.

They studied hard and enjoyed discussing philosophy and literature and telling bawdy tales.

These were often fairly bawdy tales with special guest stars.