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gimcrackery

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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.
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Noun1.gimcrackerygimcrackery - ornamental objects of no great value
falderol, folderal, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery, frill
decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify
Translations
gimcrackery
n → Plunder m, → Firlefanz m (both pej inf)


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The commerce of Lucerne consists mainly in gimcrackery of the souvenir sort; the shops are packed with Alpine crystals, photographs of scenery, and wooden and ivory carvings.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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