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tawdry ('to-drE), adj. [From tawdry lace, a tie of lace for the neck, from Saint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda) died 679 queen of Northumbria, 1676; a fair was held annually in her honor at which cloth neckbands were sold. Cf tawdry as a corrupted pronunciantion of Audrey)]: cheap or gaudy in appearance or quality. tawdry applies to what is at once gaudy and cheap and sleazy. Also at: garish.