Word: ribaldly
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...London; and my iron will brought the bird down safely . . ." The Dying Light. Of himself Thomas once said: "I am first class of second class." It was no deprecatory assessment-still leaving the top for Shakespeare, Dante, Milton et al. He was a wild, generous, flamboyant, unpredictable, panurgent, ribald and thirsty man who loved the company of his fellow human beings...
Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tiresias (Opera-Comique Orchestra, chorus and soloists conducted by Andre Clutyene; Angel). A subject that is a bit ribald for U.S. public performance, deftly given the full French treatment...
...Fats" (Fats Waller; Victor, 2 LPs). A welter of Wallerana. including the insolent ("I feel so effervescent today") voice, the bouncy piano that somehow sounds ribald, his second-rate sidemen and some previously unreleased material...
Desperate Scenery contains rib-tickling accounts of Paul pounding the piano for silent movies, playing shortstop against "The Boston Bloomer Girls," and tousling with an unfriendly Chinese ("I learned for the first time how strong and difficult a small Chinese can be, when apprehensive"). The book climbs to its ribald and humorous peak with a description of the night the brothel burned down in Ashton, Idaho, and "the quick thinkers routed out those who chanced to be relaxing in the bedrooms ..." Happily, sporting life a la Paul never gets quite so outrageous that it cannot be thoroughly enjoyed by hammock...
Templer's greatest asset was his unsuspected humanity. He would drop in on a Malay wedding and drink to the health of the bride; sometimes he staggered subordinates by doffing his mask of harshness and leading them ("Louder . . . louder") in some ribald army ballad. Once when a Malay woman complained that her policeman-husband had stopped her allowances, Templer replied in person. Within days the policeman reformed...