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Batman and Superman gewgaws are on view to underscore that point.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

From the collection of globe-trotting Loser Cheryl Davis, who deaccessioned several similar gewgaws on the E. This one doesn’t leak.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022

I actually screamed when Lisa showed up at Charlotte’s apartment in a rustic burlap sack covered in metal gewgaws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

We have babies and then we buy—blankets, strollers, a playpen, a high chair, gewgaws, and contraptions.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 24, 2019

No place in town had more gimcracks, doodads, and gewgaws crammed into less space in a more orderly fashion than Onofre’s spread.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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