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  • 61taw´dri|ness — taw|dry «T dree», adjective, dri|er, dri|est, noun, plural dries. –adj. 1. showy and cheap; gaudy; flashy. SYNONYM(S): garish. 2. dressed in gaudy and cheap clothes. –n …

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  • 62taw|dry — «T dree», adjective, dri|er, dri|est, noun, plural dries. –adj. 1. showy and cheap; gaudy; flashy. SYNONYM(S): garish. 2. dressed in gaudy and cheap clothes. –n …

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  • 63Crude — (kr[udd]d), a. [Compar. {Cruder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Crudest}.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See {Raw}, and cf. {Cruel}.] 1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered,… …

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  • 64Cruder — Crude Crude (kr[udd]d), a. [Compar. {Cruder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Crudest}.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See {Raw}, and cf. {Cruel}.] 1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed;… …

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  • 65Crudest — Crude Crude (kr[udd]d), a. [Compar. {Cruder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Crudest}.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See {Raw}, and cf. {Cruel}.] 1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed;… …

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  • 66Frippery — Frip per*y, n. [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See {Fripper}.] 1. Coast off clothes. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance. [1913 Webster] Fond of gauze and French frippery.… …

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  • 67Gaudier — Gaudy Gaud y, a. [Compar. {Gaudier}; superl. {Gauidiest}.] 1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. [1913 Webster] Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 68Gaudy — Gaud y, a. [Compar. {Gaudier}; superl. {Gauidiest}.] 1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. [1913 Webster] Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Gay;… …

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  • 69Gauidiest — Gaudy Gaud y, a. [Compar. {Gaudier}; superl. {Gauidiest}.] 1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. [1913 Webster] Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 70Gingerbread — Gin ger*bread , n. A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. Gingerbread that was full fine. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Gingerbread tree} (Bot.), the doom palm; so called from the resemblance of its… …

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