a. | 1. | Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. |
2. | Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; | |
n. | 1. | A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general. |
Adj. | 1. | tawdry - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" |
2. | tawdry - cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist |