apparently attractive but in reality not having any value; tawdry (can be used on both physical and non-physical things)
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Donald Trump raged at the CNN host for questioning a $100 million addition to the ballroom invoice.
Too bad there's no god of good taste to wipe this gaudy, meretricious shithole off the earth's surface.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-melts-...
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"He added that an appropriate donation to the construction of his meretricious ballroom might smooth over problems."
apnews.com/article/trum...
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It is used to describe "claptrap or meretricious attempts to catch popular favor or applause." Typically, in Sheffield, each pot was 14 feet by 4 feet and 3.5 feet deep.
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