tawdries

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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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