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tawdry Definition


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tawdry
adj
    tawdrier, tawdriest
    1. Cheap and showy and of poor quality.
      Thesaurus: tacky, garish, tasteless, gaudy, vulgar, tatty, showy, flashy, cheap, meretricious; Antonym: fine, superior.
Derivative: tawdrily
adverb
    Derivative: tawdriness
    noun
      Etymology: 17c in this sense; 16c as obsolete tawdry lace: from St Audrey lace lace sold at fairs held on the feast day of St Audrey, ie 17 October.



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