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tawdries

tawdries is the plural of tawdry.

Meaning of tawdry

Noun

tawdry (countable and uncountable, plural tawdries)

  1. (obsolete) Tawdry lace.
  2. (obsolete) Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
    • That fiddling, parading fellow (you know who I mean) made us wait for him two hours […] only for the sake of having a little more tawdry upon his housings […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...

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Questions about tawdries

What is tawdries the plural of?
Tawdries is the plural of tawdry.

Words near tawdries in the dictionary

  1. tawashih
  2. Tawason
  3. Tawau
  4. tawdered
  5. tawdrier
  6. tawdries
  7. tawdriest
  8. tawdrily
  9. tawdriness
  10. tawdrinesses
  11. tawdry

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