[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tawdry \taw"dry\, n.; pl. tawdries.
   a necklace of a rural fashion, bought at st. audrey's fair;
   hence, a necklace in general. obs.
   1913 webster

         of which the naiads and the blue nereids make
         them tawdries for their necks.           --drayton.
   1913 webster
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