Tawdries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
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           Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make


           Them tawdries for their necks.           --Drayton.
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