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tawdry lace (iou)



tawdry lace noun phr.M16-M18.
[Contr. of St Audrey's lace, from St Audrey, Etheldrida (d. 679), patron saint of Ely, in whose honour a fair was held + LACE noun.]
A silk cord or ribbon worn as a necklace in the 16th and early 17th cents.
? Cheap and gaudy finery was traditionally sold at St Audrey's fair.