Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
gaudy .
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Can't Post | tch tch georgia-if we're going to discuss spelling it's "gawdy" not "gaudy". and arbon i don't get what gaudy has to do with hockey-call me stupid but i just don't get it - fill me in please but not in the literal sense-that would hurt alot. pedro naco
Page 2 2003
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So these days off I'll be picking up a Pike unit, 8Wt and some gawdy flies!
Pike Rods 2009
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So these days off I'll be picking up a Pike unit, 8Wt and some gawdy flies!
Pike Rods 2009
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I hope firmly to withstand every inducement which this world's gawdy allurements can present or its fretful ambition offer.
Letter from Young John Allen to his foster parents,March 22, 1857 2008
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A new season of frightening brides and big gawdy weeks is headed to WE tv.
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The missed opportunity here among many is the Green Goblin and his gawdy suit completely ignored in favor of a rather inane sub-plot involving Christopher McDonald as the villanous youth-sucking Hourglass, a character comical in his theatrics, but is really nothing more than a flat gag that goes nowhere.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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The fact of the matter is, I think that too few people understand pitching statistics to know how truly gawdy the numbers that Rocket Roger put up well into his 40s are.
Is Today Mark McGwire’s Best Day in Years? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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You will spend time adorning your posts with plump snippets of political prose and gobbets of gawdy interest to engage even the most casual conservative surfer.
Funny Foreigners And Their Funny Ways Newmania 2007
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Younger generations would never have to see the gawdy cape, wand and crown, which I assume were collected from the winner Queen as soon as the show ended.
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The more gawdy, (no pun intended) the furniture, the better they like it because they think it resembles what God might use Himself in heaven.
So Many Ideas-So Many Beliefs--Think for Yourself This Time Around 2008
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