the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
n. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A slatternly, slovenly, ill-dressed woman; a slattern, especially one who affects finery.
Slovenly; ill-dressed; slatternly: applied to women.
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n. deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
adj. primly out of date
adj. lacking in smartness or taste
n. British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
Word Usage
"Her Aunt Mimi isn't beautiful, at least on the outside: she buries her features beneath thick powder, marches around in dowdy clothes and looks old beyond her years."