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gewgaw

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gew·gaw  (gygô, g-) also gee·gaw (j-, g-)
n.
A decorative trinket; a bauble.
[Middle English giuegaue.]
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Noun1.gewgawgewgaw - cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
fallal, gaud, trinket, bangle, bauble, novelty
adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
trinketry - trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively


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For profit- -his life blood transmuted into a wine-supper, or a jewelled gewgaw, or some similar sense-orgy of the parasitic and idle rich, his masters, the arch-beasts.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
Any little absurd gewgaw or gimcrack they had they disposed in such a way as to make it attract attention most readily.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Underneath were the names of the plutocrats who had subscribed for this national gewgaw, and I fell to wondering where their L8,000 came in, while Raffles devoured his two-penny guide-book as greedily as a school-girl with a zeal for culture.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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