gimcrack
Example Sentences
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To call this tourist fare is merely to say that its appeal is generic and, yes, a bit gimcrack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2018
When it comes to ludicrous, gimcrack wish-fulfillment, each of us is entitled to our own favorite flavor.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2016
The movie burnishes the image of this visionary C.E.O. even as it tries to peek behind the curtain at the gimcrack machinery of omnipotence.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2015
The central Seoul district of Itaewon, once a gimcrack preserve of GIs and expatriates, is now awash in restaurants that give new meaning to the word “fusion” — starting with their owners.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2015
I was never one to jump to gimcrack conclusions, and I said as much with perhaps more candour than the occasion required.
From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
