gimcrack
Example Sentences
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Imagine the damage such a salesman might do, stirring up dissatisfaction and unhappiness just to sell us a gimcrack agenda that we’d wish we had never bought.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 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
The designer Vicki Mortimer has created a set that feels like a gimcrack warehouse, full of old ladders and lights and puppet-stage-like window frames.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2016
When it comes to ludicrous, gimcrack wish-fulfillment, each of us is entitled to our own favorite flavor.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2016
"What robbery have you been at with that white choker and that gimcrack waistcoat?" said Davis, sulkily.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
