[taw.dry] adj taw.dri.er ; -est [tawdry lace a tie of lace for the neck, fr. St. Audrey (St. Etheldreda) d. 679 queen of Northumbria] (1676): cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality; also: ignoble syn see gaudy -- taw.dri.ly adv -- taw.dri.ness n
[2]tawdry n (ca. 1680): cheap showy finery