gimcracks

Example Sentences

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It developed a reputation as the dollar store of the internet, shipping odd gimcracks and thingamajigs directly from vendors in China.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022

Companies outside of the art world, meanwhile, are using digital technology to remake timeless masterpieces as evanescent gimcracks, as projected tourist attractions and animations.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2021

We’ve already got quite a few geegaws and gimcracks in there already.

From Fox News • Apr. 4, 2019

Strauss will meet the press in the little cinema at the back of the museum, the reliquary for the assorted gimcracks and gewgaws that the MCC has acquired over the last 146 years.

From The Guardian • Oct. 27, 2010

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