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6 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective tastelessly showy
adjective cheap and shoddy; - Judith Crist
originShortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Old English Æðelþrȳð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”.
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