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Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th
tawdry
taw·dry (tôʹdrē)adj. taw·dri·er, taw·dri·est 1. Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance. See Synonyms at gaudy1. 2. Shameful or indecent: tawdry secrets.n. Cheap and gaudy finery. [From tawdry lace, lace necktie, alteration of Saint Audrey's lace(sold at the annual Saint Audrey's fair, Ely, England), afterSaint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda), queen of Northumbria, who died in 679 of a throat tumor, supposedly because she delighted in fancy necklaces as a young woman.] tawʹdri·ly adv.tawʹdri·ness n.
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