Both Uses of
tawdry
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- He remembered with bitterness that scene of tawdry tribute.†
Chpt 5 *
- He was alone at the side of the balcony, looking out of jaded eyes at the culture of Dublin in the stalls and at the tawdry scene-cloths and human dolls framed by the garish lamps of the stage.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(tawdry) tastelessly showy;
or: cheap and shoddy