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tawdry

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1. tawdry - Noun

2. tawdry - Adjective

4. tawdry - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.

Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.

A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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