Tawdrier

Tawdry \Taw"dry\, a. [Compar. {Tawdrier}; superl. {Tawdriest}.]
   [Said to be corrupted from Saint Audrey, or Auldrey, meaning
   Saint Ethelreda, implying therefore, originally, bought at
   the fair of St. Audrey, where laces and gay toys of all sorts
   were sold. This fair was held in Isle Ely, and probably at
   other places, on the day of the saint, which was the 17th of
   October.]
   1. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. [Obs.]
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            And gird in your waist,
            For more fineness, with a tawdry lace. --Spenser.
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   2. 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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            He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and
            tawdry courtiers.                     --Spectator.
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