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rockhousehotel.com, double rooms from $125 a night plus taxes A lot of the mid-range hotels along Negril's white sandy beach have seen better days, but the Palms' natural wood aesthetic has aged more successfully than the gaudy tropical motifs of its neighbours.
Mostly an endless symphony of birdsong, as friendly, brightly painted sparrows, pigeons, and native birds like the gaudy conde or the grey white eye, zozo maniok, march across your breakfast table and swoop to feed from your hands.
Forget the kingfisher, mute swan or hen harrier, it has to be a magpie; loud, cocky, bit of a geezer, always on the lookout for something to nick, it fills its nest with cheap, gaudy tat and predates on its smaller neighbours.
Just a stone's throw from the gaudy , fluorescent-lit tourist traps of the Rembrandtplein, Take Thai is a haven of sophistication and calm.
BG It's in the arse end of Terry & June-ville, it's not much of a looker – gaudy black lacquer and frilly gold upholstery – but this seemingly bog-standard suburban Chinese serves dim sum to rival more lauded joints up west.
During his tenure cheap, gaudy architecture was often built on sites previously occupied by historic buildings that had succumbed to fire with suspiciously convenient timing, thus avoiding hefty renovation costs.
I, for one, cannot fully disassociate the piece from the gaudy though enthralling images of dinosaurs and volcanic eruptions that so entranced me as a small child.
We would, though, caution demagogues against declaring themselves "President for Life", as they are invariably overthrown, usually in bloody circumstances, after a couple of gaudy decades.
For the record, all were a delight in person, and remarkably gracious about being asked to wear some pretty gaudy sportswear.
Viewed from a distance, the JAR sapphire earclips might be a pair of especially gaudy Christmas baubles, while legend has it that the ping-pong diamond rings were Taylor's reward for besting Burton in a game of table-tennis.
Hounding UNM local officials and trying to evict the president from his gaudy new palace, saying that it is too costly, is vindictive.
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The word "gaudy " primarily functions as an adjective . It is used to describe nouns, indicating that they are excessively showy, ornamented, and often in poor taste. As Ludwig AI confirms, the word is grammatically correct and usable in written English.
Expression frequency: Very common
