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gimcrack

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gim·crack  (jmkrk)
n.
A cheap and showy object of little or no use; a gewgaw.
adj.
Cheap and tasteless; gaudy: "The shelves groan with an array of gimcrack gifts from fans: a stuffed piranha fish ... a ceramic ... bull, a papier-mâché replica of an Apollo moonwalker" (Harry F. Waters).
[Possibly alteration of Middle English gibecrake, small ornament.]
gimcracker·y n.
gimcrack [ˈdʒɪmˌkræk]
adj
cheap; shoddy
n
a cheap showy trifle or gadget
[changed from C14 gibecrake little ornament, of unknown origin]
gimcrackery  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gimcrackgimcrack - ornamental objects of no great value
falderol, folderal, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery, frill
decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify
Adj.1.gimcrackgimcrack - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, tawdry, trashy, brassy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
gimcrack
adjective cheap, vulgar, tacky (informal), tasteless, naff (Brit. slang), shoddy, gaudy, tawdry, trashy, rubbishy a gift shop selling gimcrack badges, keyrings and bottle openers
Translations
gimcrack [ˈdʒɪmkræk] ADJ [furniture] → de pacotilla
gimcrack
adj → billig; furniture, toys also → minderwertig
gimcrack [ˈdʒɪmˌkræk] adj (pej) → dozzinale
gimcrack [ˈdʒɪmˌkræk] adj (pej) → dozzinale


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When he comes back he writes books--queer, odd books, they say, about some gimcrack he's found in them heathen countries.
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
I had the smith's reverence now, because I was apparently immensely prosperous and rich; I could have had his adoration if I had had some little gimcrack title of nobility.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Th' old squire looked up at this, and peered in his way at the screen, and said, 'One pound thirteen for a gimcrack like that
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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