01 a. Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
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Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
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Webster, 1913
Dowdy
02 n. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
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Dowdies
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An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.