Tawdry-lace Definition

noun

(obsolete) A silk ribbon or string worn as a necklace in the 16th and early-17th centuries.

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Noun

Singular:
tawdry-lace
Plural:
tawdry-laces

Origin of Tawdry-lace

  • Contraction of St. Audrey's lace, with reference to Saint Audrey or Æthelthryth/Æðelþryð (died 679), an Anglo-Saxon saint in whose honour a fair was held.

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