tawdry /töˈdri/

1. Showy without taste or worth
2. Gaudily adorned

1. Trumpery
2. A tawdry lace (obsolete)

tawˈdrily adverb

tawˈdriness noun

tawdry lace noun (obsolete)

1. A woman's silk necktie (in Spenser a waistbelt) such as was sold at St Audrey's Fair at Ely (17 October)
2. Gaudy adornment

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