gimcrack
Example Sentences
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Gewgaw, a shiny trinket Bon Voyage A trinket or a knickknack, an ornament, a kickshaw, a frippery, a gimcrack, a bibelot, a gewgaw .
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021
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
True, much of commercial fiction, including some of the most successful titles, is gimcrack palaver.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2017
With their showy, gimcrack splendour, his novels are the 19th-century equivalent of Hollywood tinsel.
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2013
If you bang it, it's my belief the whole gimcrack will be about your ears.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
