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Gawdy
Gawdy may refer to:
- Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1590), English politician
- Bassingbourne Gawdy (died 1606) (1560–1606), English politician
- Framlingham Gawdy (1589–1654), English politician
- Francis Gawdy (died 1605), British judge
- Henry Gawdy (c. 1553 – 1621), English politician
- Thomas Gawdy (died 1588), English lawyer and politician
- Thomas Gawdy (by 1509–56), English politician
- William Gawdy (1612–1669), 1st Baronet of the Gawdy baronets of West Harling (1663), English politician
- Gawdy baronets, either of two baronetcies created for members of the Gawdy family in the 17th century, each of which became extinct in the early 18th century
Usage examples of "gawdy".
Mexican generals, scarlet-and-green parade uniforms, gawdy and limp, too hot and tired to rise back to the rank of their branches.
Slick, willing to oblige, yielded to these entreaties, and soon produced the clock--a gawdy, highly varnished, trumpery looking affair.
In place of skirts they disported green and glossy silk tights and little gawdy knickers.
He wore a gold watch that was a cheap knockoff of a gawdy Rolex, and he looked the part of a fat, self-indulgent businessman taking it easy while his minions worked their asses off to give him the good life.