TAWDRY
\tˈɔːdɹi], \tˈɔːdɹi], \t_ˈɔː_d_ɹ_i]\
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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.
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A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
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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.
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A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Tawdriness.
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Showy without eleganoe; gaudy.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
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