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tastelessly showy
- She goes in the bathroom and dabs some more rouge on her gaudy cheeks.Chapter 24 (97% in)
- It was Kiki Brown's morning for cleaning and the whole church is gaudied up with her lemon smell-good she makes and tries to sell for twenty-five cents a bottle.Chapter 10 (19% in)
- The room is gaudy with gowns, red roses, silver service clinking.Chapter 28 (51% in)
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