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According to the Oxford American Dictionaries, this word comes from the expression "tawdry lace" < St. Audrey's lace; St. Audrey (or Etheldrida) was the patron saint of Ely, England, where such lace was traditionally sold.
tawdry original root word derived from "noble might": meaning has now shifted 180 degrees: rhymes with Audrey which maintains its original meaning