Tawdry

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·superl Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.

II. Tawdry ·noun A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.

III. Tawdry ·superl Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.