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Gaudy Welsh jugs, mugs, bowls etc will be for sale.
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ESCAPE3 Getaway car GAUDY J Distinctive prison suit AT LARGE J Anslow
GANG MURDER SUSPECT FLED IN THIS SUIT.
With a 1970s vibe inside and out, display counters are lined with gaudy mosaics and a multitude of light bulbs hand from red cables.
A fresh take on the fish market
2 : given to or being too much outward display : gaudy <showy jewelry>
showy
The rather gaudy example of a pyramid case shown here (left) is in the "Empire" style popular during the first French Empire (1804-1815), with dore-gold-plated bronze and beveled glass, on four legs in the shape of winged monoped lions.
Mineral cases
So Artest dressed in the gaudy gold road uniforms that the Kings featured, and the Clippers set out to end a nasty streak against the Kings.
CLIPPERS SNAP SKID VS. KINGS L.A. DEFEATS SACRAMENTO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 GAMES CLIPPERS 102, SACRAMENTO
FOR many years the brightly-coloured, gaudy varieties of gladiolus have been out of fashion, thanks to Dame Edna and the fact that these showy blooms are so difficult to place in natural planting schemes.
plant of the week: gladiolus callianthus; gardening
The existing frying range fits snuggly beneath a staircase next to a rather gaudy clash of yellow and blue tiles.
Cheap As Chips: BARNT GREEN FISH BAR; Hewell Road, Barnt Green VERDICT: ***
Appropriated from the glitzy world of fashion, sequins still register as gaudy, fauxluxe, and sexy, even when applied to monochromatic painting.
Noh Sang-Kyoon: Gallery Simon
Can it be right that the former Barclays Bank in Broad Street, a Grade ll* listed building, should be adorned with gaudy PVC banners advertising burgers and kebabs?
Birmingham Post comment: Sign of the times
While Simon finds the gaudy structures across from the Boardwalk as offering "visitors a quick, cartoon tour of world architecture" (p.
Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America
3) Either pick a single gaudy one to place in the center, or place a few smaller ones all over in clusters.
Fab fashion: she was the first in your crew to rock embroidered jeans, and she's way over Uggs. Knock off some of the season's hottest trends

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