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tawdry The widow’s sons who prepared for scholarship examinations in the public library coexisted with street gangs, wife-beaters, tawdry sex, and, in some quarters, a suspicious contempt for education.

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adj. Showy but cheap; gaudy. The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan RoseImage: Richard Croft, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mews_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_911973.jpg, CC-BY-SA 2.0

Word	tawdry
Definition	adj. Showy but cheap; gaudy.
Sentence	The widow’s sons who prepared for scholarship examinations in the public library coexisted with street gangs, wife-beaters, tawdry sex, and, in some quarters, a suspicious contempt for education.
Source	The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose Image: Richard Croft, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mews_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_911973.jpg, CC-BY-SA 2.0

Tawdry Adj Showy Cheap Gaudy Widow’s Sons Prepared